Skinning the Buffalo
c. 1850
Artist
- Seth Eastman, American, 1808-1875
Object
print
Medium
Engraving
Accession Number
1966.108
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Seth Eastman, Skinning the Buffalo, about 1850. Engraving; 5 1/2 x 8 1/8.
Denver Art Museum: Museum Purchase, 1966.108
Dimensions
image height: 5.5 in, 13.9700 cm; image width: 8.125 in, 20.6375 cm; height: 6 7/8 in, 17.4625 cm; width: 10 1/2 in, 26.6700 cm; mat height: 16 in, 40.6400 cm; mat width: 20 in, 50.8000 cm
Inscription
BL: "Drawn by Captn. S. Eastman, U.S.A." // Pl. 13 // "Engd by J. C. McRae"
"SKINNING THE BUFFALO."
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Known Provenance
(North West Books, Inc.), Oakland, CA, by 1966; Purchased by the Denver Art Museum, 1966.
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