Bos Americanus, American Bison or Buffalo, plate 56 from The Vivaporous Quadrupeds of North America, Volume 2
after John James Audubon, American, 1785 - 1851
1845
Hand colored lithograph on wove paper
Image: 22 × 24 3/4 in. (55.9 × 62.9 cm)
Sheet: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.954.35.1
Publisher
John T. Bowen, Philadelphia
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Printed, upper left: No. 12.; upper right: PLATE LVI.; lower left: Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S.F.L.S.; lower right: Lith.d Printed & Col.d by J.T. Bowen Philad.a 1845; lower center: BOS AMERICANUS, GMEL/AMERICAN BISON OR BUFFALO./1/7 Natural Size/MALE.
Exhibition History
Nineteenth Century American Prints, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 25-June 12, 1977.
American Works on Paper to 1950: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-December 9, 2007.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 153, no. 124.
Provenance
Goodspeed‘s Book Shop, Boston, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1954.
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