Last of the Buffalo
Albert Bierstadt, American (born Germany), 1830 - 1902
1891
Photogravure on wove paper
possibly an artist's proof
Overall: 16 1/8 × 27 1/2 in. (41 × 69.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.974.129
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, on stone: Albert Bierstadt; inscribed, lower right, in graphite: Earl of Dunraven / complements of Albert Bierstadt
Course History
ENGL 52, Vox Clamantis: Wilderness in 19th Century American Literature, Michael Chaney, Winter 2020
Exhibition History
A Self Portrait of America, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 18-September 16, 1984.
Nineteenth Century American Prints, Carpenter Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 25-June 12, 1977.
Provenance
The artist; given to his patron, Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven (1841-1926); acquired by John Wilmerding, Hanover, New Hampshire, date unknown; sold to present collection, 1974.
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