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Bisonte con palmeras (Bison with Palm Trees)

  • Goyena family, Bisonte con palmeras (Bison with Palm Trees), ca. 1825-1850, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection, 1996.91.16

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This unusual and charming miniature of a bison cavorting on a beach may have been adapted from a popular print of an American bison by the artist-naturalist Titian Ramsey Peale. The bison was a species that only recently had been discovered earlier in the century, making it unlikely that a live bison had been transported to Puerto Rico.

Title
Bisonte con palmeras (Bison with Palm Trees)
Artist
Attributed to Goyena family
Date
ca. 1825-1850
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
2 3/8 x 2 in. (6.1 x 5.2 cm) oval
Copyright
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Teodoro Vidal Collection

Mediums
watercolor
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Painting
Miniature
Keywords
  • Animal – buffalo
Object Number
1996.91.16
Palette
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