Buffalo Bull, Chasing Back Plates… by George Catlin

Hand-coloured print of a rider on a white horse chased by a wounded buffalo bull across prairie hills.

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Buffalo Bull, Chasing Back Plates from Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America, George Catlin (1865), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A hand-coloured print shows a rider on a white horse pursuing a dark buffalo bull that turns back toward him, with red wounds visible on its body. Distant herds and riders move across the rolling hills and rocky mounds of the prairie landscape. The work is titled Buffalo Bull, Chasing Back, from George Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio, dated 1865.

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Date

1865

Medium

Museum

Wikimedia Commons

License

Public domain

Themes

Landscapes, Mountains