Buffalo Bull, Grazing
Object number2021.42.2 a,b
Artist
George Catlin
Lithographer
Day and Haghe
Framed by
W. Graham Arader III
Date1844
OriginLondon, England
MediumPaper; Ink; Paint; Wood; Plastic; Metal
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Steven G. Elliott
DescriptionFramed hand-colored lithograph on off-white paper. Rectangular lithograph depicts male buffalo in side profile; view is of animal’s proper left side with animal’s head turned to gaze directly at the viewer. Buffalo stands in a landscape with green grass and blue and red flowers in the foreground, green low hill in the right background, and mountains in the left background. Sky has blotchy tan clouds. Thin light tan line around image area offsets larger outer margin. Rectangular wooden frame with plexiglass glazing. Frame has two painted gold bands bordering an internal black painted band.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 16.875 × 23.313 × 0.031 in. (42.9 × 59.2 × 0.1 cm)Height x Width x Depth (b): 25.25 × 30 × 2 in. (64.1 × 76.2 × 5.1 cm)
Inscriptions(b)
Reverse of frame has handwritten number on tape along bottom frame member near bottom proper left corner "#10602".
Marks(a)
Text printed in black in margin at bottom left "Catlin del. _ on Stone by McGahey", bottom center "No 2 / BUFFALO BULL, GRAZING. / (From Catlin’s N.A. Indian Collection.)", and bottom right "Day & Haghe Lithrs to the Queen."
Historical NotesHand-colored lithograph, Buffalo Bull Grazing, by George Catlin, 1844.
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Nat Youngblood
1964
c. 1996