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Reproduced in Recreation, 1900, Courtesy Hathi Trust
Image: Reproduced in Recreation, 1900, Courtesy Hathi Trust
I Saw a Big Polar Bear Helping Himself Vigorously
Reproduced in Recreation, 1900, Courtesy Hathi Trust

I Saw a Big Polar Bear Helping Himself Vigorously

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1900
MediumGouache and Ink on Paper*
Dimensions18 x 12 in.*
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0135
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C. Rungius
Keyword
Region
    Categorywildlife/domestic
    ProvenanceThe artist; to Recreation Magazine
    Illustration
    Captain S.S. Bodfish. “A Race with a Polar Bear.” Recreation 12, no. 5 (May 1900), illustrated p. 330.
    DescriptionIn an Arctic landscape, a polar bear gets into hogshead full of walrus meat while sled dogs surround him barking. Man with gun and his ship frozen in the ice depicted in the background. One man, one polar bear and nine or ten dogs are depicted.Bibliography