Catlin and Party Stalking Buffalo in Texas

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Copied George Catlin, Catlin and Party Stalking Buffalo in Texas, 1846-1848, oil on canvas, 20 x 27 3⁄8 in. (50.8 x 69.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.594
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Artwork Details

Title
Catlin and Party Stalking Buffalo in Texas
Artist
Date
1846-1848
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
20 x 27 3⁄8 in. (50.8 x 69.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Catlin, George — self-portrait
  • Animal — buffalo
  • Recreation — sport and play — hunting
  • Landscape — Texas
  • Western
  • Figure group — male
Object Number
1985.66.594
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.594

Artwork Description

“The buffalo bull often grows to the enormous weight of 2000 pounds, and shakes a long and shaggy black mane, that falls in great profusion and confusion, over his head and shoulders; and oftentimes falling down quite to the ground. The horns are short, but very large, and have but one turn, i.e. they are a simple arch, without the least approach to a spiral form, like those of the common ox, or of the goat species.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 1, no. 31, 1841; reprint 1973)