Bisonte con palmeras (Bison with Palm Trees)

Goyena family, Bisonte con palmeras (Bison with Palm Trees), ca. 1825-1850, watercolor on ivory, 2 ³⁄₈ x 2 in. (6.1 x 5.2 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection, 1996.91.16

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Artwork Details

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
Credit Line: Teodoro Vidal Collection
Mediums: watercolor
Mediums Description: watercolor on ivory
Classifications: Painting
Miniature
Subjects: Animal — buffalo
Object Number: 1996.91.16
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1996.91.16

Artwork Description

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.