Smithsonian American Art Museum
Dying Buffalo Bull in a Snowdrift
George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1837-1839
Winter buffalo hunts brought income from white traders and warm clothing provided by the animals’ luxuriant winter coats. In this dramatic image, George Catlin captured the hazards of hunting in ice and snow, depicting both hunter and prey as they lay dying in the winter landscape.
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