A color print of two Indigenous people crawling and wearing white wolf skin in an attempt to hunt bison a open field.

Buffalo Hunt, Under the White Wolf Skin

George Catlin (1796-1872)

Date

between 1875 and 1878
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Printed by Day & Haghe

Drawn on Stone by McGahey

Published by Chatto & Windus
Object Format

Portfolio
Dimensions

23 1/16 x 16 1/4 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. engraved on stone, below image: Catlin del. _ on Stone by Mc.Gahey
l.c. engraved on stone, below image: No. 13 \ BUFFALO HUNT, UNDER THE WHITE WOLF SKIN. \ (from Catlin's N.A. Indian Collection.)
l.r. engraved on stone, below image: Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

2004.18.13
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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