# Cows

**Edward Mitchell Bannister** (born St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1828-died Providence, RI 1901)  
n.d.  
oil on canvas  
18 x 30 1/4 in. (45.7 x 76.8 cm)

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1983.95.138. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=939).

## About this work

Edward Mitchell Bannister painted this (n.d.). It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Edward Mitchell Bannister](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/edward-mitchell-bannister)

born St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1828-died Providence, RI 1901

Bannister grew up in St Andrews, New Brunswick, moved to Boston and worked as a barber while training as a painter. Around 1870 he settled in Providence, Rhode Island, where his pastoral landscapes, influenced by the French Barbizon painters, found admirers. His Under the Oaks won a first-prize medal at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, making him the first African American artist to win a major national award. He helped found the Providence Art Club.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Real size: about 18 × 30 in (46 × 77 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 16 × 20 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Subjects: Landscapes, Animals, Cattle, Plains
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1972.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1972/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cows-si-saam-1983-95-138).