Indian Tantalizing a Wounded Buffalo

Generously provided by Amon Carter Museum of American Art

This spirited watercolor was probably the second version of this scene (following CR #359) and intended for the leather-bound book that Stewart kept in the library at Murthly Castle. This version lacks the Indian with the lasso that appears in later versions (CR #359A and 359B) but does include the bowman at the left. It also appears to be one of the rare images showing an Indian laughing. Miller’s pencil underdrawing is clearly visible throughout the image.

Ron Tyler

Object Information
Provenance

Artist

Alfred Jacob Miller

Date

ca. 1837

Catalogue Number

360

Medium

Pencil, and pen and ink with watercolor on pink card

Inscriptions

UL: 68

Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 13 3/4 (21.4 x 34.7 cm)
Accession Number: 1966.27
Subjects: Buffalo, Buffalo Hunts, Indians

The artist; Sir Drummond Stewart, 1839; Frank Nichols, 1871; Frank Nichols Stewart; [Chapman’s, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1871]; Bonamy Mansell Power; willed to Edward Power, England, 1900; by descent to Major G.H. Power, Great Yarmouth, England; [Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, 1966]; [Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, NY]; present owner

Indian Tantalizing a Wounded Buffalo

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