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Buffalo Bull, Grazing on the Prairie
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Beginning in 1830, artist-explorer George Catlin made five trips to the western frontier. He was inspired to go west by the idea that America’s native people and its great herds of buffalo would soon melt away in the face of advancing civilization.
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Credit lineBuffalo Bull, Grazing on the Prairie. 1832-1833. George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.. CC0.
