Herd of Buffalo

Herd of Buffalo

1862
Artist
William Jacob Hays, American, 1830-1875
Born: New York
Work Locations: New York
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
1960.39
Credit Line
Fred E. Gates Fund

William Jacob Hays, Herd of Buffalo, 1862. Oil paint on canvas; 25½ × 48½ in. (64.8 × 123.2 cm). Denver Art Museum: Fred E. Gates fund, 1960.39

Dimensions
height: 25.5 in, 64.7700 cm; width: 48.5 in, 123.1900 cm; frame height: 37 in, 93.98 cm; frame width: 59 3/4 in, 151.765 cm; frame depth: 3 1/2 in, 8.89 cm
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
(Edward Eberstadt & Sons) New York, NY, by 1960; The Denver Art Museum, 1960.
Exhibition History
  • "The Western Frontier"—Denver Art Museum, July 28–Oct. 9, 1966
  • "The American Panorama"—Denver Art Museum, March 17–May 27, 1968
  • "Colorado Collects Historic Western Art"—Denver Art Museum, Jan 13–April 15, 1973