Amon Carter print details

A Buffalo Pound.

George Back (1796-1878)

Object Details

  • Date

    1823

  • Object Type

    Prints

  • Medium

    Engraving with applied watercolor

  • Contributors

    Engraved by Edward Francis Finden

    Published by John Murray

  • Dimensions

    Image: 5 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.
    Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 3/16 in.

  • Edition

    Sir John Franklin

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    u.c. ghost image: OF THE POLAR SEA [1-]3

    l.l.: Drawn by Lieut. Back, R.N.\ [in graphite] From: Narrative of a Journey to Shores of the Polar Sea.

    l.c.: A BUFFALO POUND. \Feb. 8, 1820.\ Published March 1823; by John Murray, London.

    l.r.: Engraved by Edwd. Finden.

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    1964.48

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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