Study for The Last of the Buffalo by Albert Bierstadt, 1888 Size:A1 (594x841mm) Historical Significance: The 1925 edition

Historical Significance: The 1925 edition of the Ordnance Survey map provides a snapshot of the region during a time of significant social

archival paper for a classic presentation or sumptuous artist’s cotton canvas for added texture and depth

simplified shapes keep the eye moving between the attentive rendering of the central figure and the broad

from the lush valleys to the volcanic peaks

Study for The Last of the Buffalo by Albert Bierstadt, 1888 Size:A1 (594x841mm) Historical Significance: The 1925 editionStudy for The Last of the Buffalo by Albert Bierstadt (1888) captures the sweeping drama and emotion that made this German born American painter one of the defining interpreters of the 19thcentury West. Conceived as a preparatory work for his late, major composition, this study concentrates the essentials: bison, Indigenous hunters on horseback, and a limitless plain cast in a theatrical glow. Bierstadts Romantic sensibilityhis fascination with light,