Collection Highlights
George Washington (1732-1799)
ca. 1785-1828
1832.4
Painted plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
A Broken Breakfast
Title
A Broken Breakfast
Date
1866-68
Medium
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: Catlin and his guides sit in a meadow by a fire while a large herd of buffalo rapidly converges on their circle, forcing them to abandon their meal
Credit Line
Purchased by the Society
Object Number
1872.23.143
Marks
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 143. / A Broken Breakfast. (upper Missouri) 1832."
Provenance
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
