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Rungius Studio Collection, Courtesy of Glenbow
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He Made a Desperate Lunge at my Horse but Missed Him, Lost His Balance and Turned a Complete Somersault
Rungius Studio Collection, Courtesy of Glenbow

He Made a Desperate Lunge at my Horse but Missed Him, Lost His Balance and Turned a Complete Somersault

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1899
MediumGouache and Ink on Paper*
Dimensions18 x 12 in.*
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0118
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C. Rungius
Categorywildlife/domestic/human/illustration
Illustration
L. E. Burnett. “Hunting Grizzlies on Horseback.”  Recreation 10, no. 5 (May 1899), illustrated p. 338, frontispiece.
DescriptionHunter on galloping horse as grizzly bear somersaults down the hill they are on. One man, one horse and one bear depicted.Bibliography