Batiste and I Running Buffalo, Mouth of the Yellowstone

George Catlin, Batiste and I Running Buffalo, Mouth of the Yellowstone, 1832-1833, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.421
Copied George Catlin, Batiste and I Running Buffalo, Mouth of the Yellowstone, 1832-1833, oil on canvas, 24 x 29 in. (60.9 x 73.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.421
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Artwork Details

Title
Batiste and I Running Buffalo, Mouth of the Yellowstone
Artist
Date
1832-1833
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
24 x 29 in. (60.9 x 73.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Recreation — sport and play — hunting
  • Animal — horse
  • Animal — buffalo
  • Portrait male — Catlin, George — self-portrait
  • Landscape — river — Yellowstone River
  • Figure group — male
Object Number
1985.66.421
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.421

Artwork Description

“Amidst the trampling throng, Mons. Chardon had wounded a stately bull, and at this moment was passing him again with his piece levelled for another shot; they were both at full speed and I also, within the reach of the muzzle of my gun, when the bull instantly turned and receiving the horse upon his horns, and the ground received poor Chardon, who made a frog's leap of some twenty feet or more over the bull's back, and almost under my horse's heels.” George Catlin made this sketch in 1832 on his Missouri River voyage. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 1, no. 4, 1841; reprint 1973)