Calvin Fletcher

American
(1882–1963)

Thundering Herd
1953

Oil on canvas
26.25 x 39.625 x 1 in.
Museum Permanent Collection
1984.455

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This object has the following keywords:

• buffalo
• Cactaceae - Plant family including more than 2,000 species, grouped into around 175 genera, although classification is much debated. Most species are native to the New World, found the length of North and South America. It is debated whether or not they are true cacti, but some species may possibly be found in East Africa, Madagascar, and Sri Lanka.
• herds - Groups of wild or domestic mammals of one species that remain together, specifically applied to horses, zebra, oxen, antelope, cattle, camels, buffalo, elephants, deer, swine, whales, or certain other species.