Catlin and Party Stalking Buffalo, Upper Missouri

George Catlin, Catlin and Party Stalking Buffalo, Upper Missouri, 1846-1848, oil on canvas, 19 ⁵⁄₈ x 27 ¹⁄₂ in. (49.7 x 70.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.579

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Artwork Details

Title: Catlin and Party Stalking Buffalo, Upper Missouri
Artist: George Catlin
Date: 1846-1848
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 19 ⁵⁄₈ x 27 ¹⁄₂ in. (49.7 x 70.0 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Mediums: oil
Mediums Description: oil on canvas
Classifications: Painting
Subjects: Landscape — river — Missouri River
Portrait male — Catlin, George — self-portrait
Animal — buffalo
Recreation — sport and play — hunting
Western
Figure group — male
Object Number: 1985.66.579
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.579

Artwork Description

“Their colour is a dark brown, but changing very much as the season varies from warm to cold; their hair or fur, from its great length in the winter and spring, and exposure to the weather, turning quite light, and almost to a jet black, when the winter coat is shed off, and a new growth is shooting out.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 1, no. 31, 1841; reprint 1973)