Buffalo Hunt, Chasing Back
John McGahey, English, 1817 - unknown
after George Catlin, American, 1796 - 1872
1844
Color lithograph on wove paper
Impression: 12 3/4 × 18 1/4 in. (32.4 × 46.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund
PR.956.49
Publisher
Day & Haghe, London
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower left margin: Catlin del. on Stone by McGahey; center: No. 12 / BUFFALO HUNT, CHASING BACK (From Catlin's N.A. Indian Collection.); lower right: Day & Hughe Lith.rs to the Queen
Course History
HIST 6, NAS 30, History of the American West, Ben Madley, Winter 2012
Provenance
The Old Print Shop, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1956.
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