D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Prairie scene. Hunter a top a horse riding aside a buffalo at center. Another hunter, horse and buffalo at rear.
Currier & Ives created numerous images depicting hunting scenes on the American plains. Bison or the American buffalo were hunted almost to extinction and their population was reduced to a few hundred by the mid-1800s. The excitement and drama of the hunt appealed to Americans as they contemplated the perils and opportunities of westward expansion.
- Object Creator
- Currier & Ives (American, 1834-1907)
- Object Creation Date
- 1871
- Medium
- Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions
- 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches
- Credit
- Gift of Lenore B. and Sidney A. Alpert supplemented with Museum Acquistions Funds
- Accession Number
- 2004.D03.656
- On View?
- No
- Image Request
- Request Image for Reproduction
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