A watercolor of two men crouched on the ground amongst shrubs, one wearing a wolf hide and crawling toward two bison laying in the grass.

Approaching Buffalo Under the Disguise of a Wolf

Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874)

Date

ca. 1837
Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor, ink, and gum arabic glazes on paperboard
Dimensions

6 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.l. in ink: 17
u.l. blind stamp: DE LA RUE CORNISH & ROCK... EXTRA LONDON CRAYON BOARD
Verso:
[removed] printed label: FINE PRINTS AND AMERICAN PAINTINGS \ KENNEDY GALLERIES, INC. \ Founded 1874 by H. Wunderlich \ 20 EAST 56TH STREET • NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022 \ 88255/8 [in ink]
[removed] printed label: Buffalo Bill Historical Center \ Boz 1000 • Cody, Wyoming 82414 • Telephone (307) 587-4771 \ EXHIBIT "Alfred Jacob Miller" [typewritten] \ DATE 5/1/82-9/24/82 [typewritten] \ TITLE APPROACHING BUFFALO UNDER THE DISGUISE OF A [typewritten] \ WOLF [typewritten] \ ARTIST A.J. Miller [typewritten] \ MEDIUM Pen & ink and watercolor /card [typewritten] \ SIZE 6 1/8 x 8 1/2" [typewritten] \ CREDIT Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, TX [typewritten]
[removed] printed label: Buffalo Bill Historical Center \ Boz 1020 • Cody, Wyoming 82414 • Telephone (307) 587-4771 \ EXHIBIT "Bison In Art" [typewritten] \ DATE 5-77 to 8-77 [typewritten] \ TITLE Approaching Buffalo Under The Disguise [typewritten] \ Of A Wolf [typewritten] \ ARTIST Alfred Jacob Miller [typewritten] \ MEDIUM Watercolor on paper [typewritten] \ SIZE 6 1/8 x 8 1/2 [typewritten] \ CREDIT Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth [typewritten]
[removed] fragment of gray card in ink: Approaching Buffalo under the disguise of a Wolf.-
Credit Line

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

1966.26
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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