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Buffalo escaping from a prairie fire at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Pawhuska, Oklahoma

Series TitleFrémont-Carvalho Project

Artist Robert Shlaer (American, born 1943)

DateSeptember 16, 1997

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.67.51.5

SignedSignature engraved on plate verso: "© R. Shlaer 772"

InscribedEngraved on plate verso: "Buffalo Escaping from a Prairie / fire at the Tallgrass Prairie / Preserve, Pawhuska, Oklahoma / September 16, 1997 / Frémont-Carvalho Project"

MarkingsOn plate verso, upper left, white label with red pen: "I 5"

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DescriptionQuarter plate uncased daguerreotype. Image of praire with buffalo visible along the horizon.

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