

Artwork Image
Photo:
Controls
Bisson americanus
Object Details
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Date
1766
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Object Type
Prints
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Medium
Engraving
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Dimensions
Image: 9 7/16 x 13 1/2 in.
Sheet: 13 1/8 x 15 5/8 in. -
Edition
Not known
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Inscriptions
Recto:
l.l. to l.r. engraved in plate, below image: BISSON [underlined] Americanus, seu Muthuse Illinensium ab Incolis Floridis dictus \ BUTRON [underlined] captus est a Silvestrib in freto Hudsonij [underlined] versus Septentrionales Americe Plagas
l.r. in brown ink: [illeg.] Bison page 263. No/o 452
Verso:
l.r. in graphite: 82/24,21 \ 2628 [circled]
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
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Accession Number
2003.7
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Copyright
Public domain
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