Cabinet of Natural History
Titian Ramsay Peale
“
American Buffaloe,” in The
Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: J&T Doughty, 1830
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (113.9)
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The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports was published
from 1830 to 1833 by Philadelphians John and Thomas Doughty. The
short-lived magazine featured articles on hunting, detailed descriptions
of newly described flora and fauna, and some of the finest examples
of early American hand-colored lithography. Fellow artist and naturalist
Titian Peale contributed this image of an Indian mounted on horseback
taking aim at a charging buffalo. This drawing was based on Peale’s
sketches made as a member of the expedition led by Stephen H. Long
to explore the Great Plains in 1819–1820.
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