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Hunters Escaping from a Wounded Buffalo, While He Tears Their Clothes to Pieces
Details
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874)
Hunters Escaping from a Wounded Buffalo, While He Tears Their Clothes to Pieces
inscribed with title and numbered '19.' (along the upper edge)
pencil, ink and wash on paper
6½ x 9½ in. (16.5 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1837.
Hunters Escaping from a Wounded Buffalo, While He Tears Their Clothes to Pieces
inscribed with title and numbered '19.' (along the upper edge)
pencil, ink and wash on paper
6½ x 9½ in. (16.5 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1837.
Provenance
The artist.
Sir William Drummond Stewart, circa 1839.
Frank Nichols.
Sale: Chapman's, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-17 June 1871.
Bonamy Mansell Power.
Edward Power, by descent, by 1900.
Major G.H. Power, Great Yarmouth, England, by descent.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 6 May 1966, lot 39.
J.N. Bartfield, New York, acquired from the above.
Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Cleveland, Ohio, acquired from the above. Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1966-67.
Sir William Drummond Stewart, circa 1839.
Frank Nichols.
Sale: Chapman's, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-17 June 1871.
Bonamy Mansell Power.
Edward Power, by descent, by 1900.
Major G.H. Power, Great Yarmouth, England, by descent.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 6 May 1966, lot 39.
J.N. Bartfield, New York, acquired from the above.
Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Cleveland, Ohio, acquired from the above. Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1966-67.
Literature
S. Knox, "83 Drawings from 1837 Trek to Rockies are Auctioned Here," The New York Times, May 7, 1966, p. 28.
R. Tyler, ed., K.D. Reynolds, W.R. Johnston, Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail, exhibition catalogue, Fort Worth, Texas, 1982, p. 234, no. 116 (as Indians[sic] Escaping from a Wounded Buffalo while He Tears Their Clothes to Pieces).
R. Tyler, ed., K.D. Reynolds, W.R. Johnston, Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail, exhibition catalogue, Fort Worth, Texas, 1982, p. 234, no. 116 (as Indians[sic] Escaping from a Wounded Buffalo while He Tears Their Clothes to Pieces).