White Wolves Attacking a Buffalo Bull
1832-1833
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 49.7 × 70 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-138259
“Whilst the herd is together, the wolves never attack them, as they instantly gather for combined resistance, which they effectually make. But when the herds are travelling, it often happens that an aged or wounded one, lingers at a distance behind, and when fairly out of sight of the herd, is set upon by these voracious hunters, which often gather to the number of fifty or more, and are sure at …
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1832-1833 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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