Skinning the buffalo

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Author

Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875, artist.

Title

Skinning the buffalo / drawn by Captn. S. Eastman, U.S.A. ; engd. by J.C. McRae.

Publication

[Philadephia] : [Lippincott, Grambo & Company], [1854]

Physical Description

1 print : steel engraving ; 14 x 21 cm, on sheet 25 x 32 cm

Medium

paper

ink

engraving

Notes

Title from caption below image.

Below image, centered: Pl. 13.

Print published in: Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe. Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States, part fourth (Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1854) plate 13, page 105.

Summary

Reproduction of a drawing by Seth Eastman that depicts in the foreground two Native Americans, on foot with saddled horses nearby, skinning a buffalo. In the background, the scene is of the riverine plains and distant hill tops. The upper half of the image is of sky.

Format

Images

Language

English

Added to Catalog

July 02, 2020

Subjects

American bison hunting > Pictorial works.

Indians of North America > Pictorial works.

West (U.S.) > Pictorial works.

Genre/Form

Steel engravings.