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Reproduced in Recreation, 1900, Courtesy Hathi Trust
Image: Reproduced in Recreation, 1900, Courtesy Hathi Trust
It Made Frantic Efforts to Reach a Place of Safety
Reproduced in Recreation, 1900, Courtesy Hathi Trust

It Made Frantic Efforts to Reach a Place of Safety

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1900
MediumGouache and Ink on Paper*
Dimensions18 x 12 in.*
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0134
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C. Rungius
Keyword
Subject
Categorywildlife/human
ProvenanceThe artist; Recreation Magazine
Illustration
John C. Campbell. “An Alaskan Moose Hunt.” Recreation 12, no. 4 (April 1900), illustrated p. 248. 
DescriptionIn foreground, moose clambering through the water to the shore tries to escape hunters mid distance in two canoes shooting at him. One moose and two men depicted.Bibliography