Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902), German, artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
Last of the buffalo
Date:
c1891
Materials:
print on paper: photomechanical
Dimensions:
49.6 x 75.5 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0768--FR
Subject:
- Animals
- Bison
- Horses
- Hunting
- Indians of North America
- Photomechanical prints
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Wild-eyed bison charging Indian on horseback as he plunges spear into animal. Dead and dying bison and skulls surround main scene; extensive herds in distance.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): Abierstadt. Handwritten (LR): Miss Adelia Stewart Bennet/compliments of Albert Beirstadt (signature). Printed (UR): Copyright 1891 Albert Beirstadt. Photomechanical print with enhanced lines; made after original painting by Albert Beirstadt.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf109nb39 6

Last of the buffalo