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Reproduced in The Century, 1900, Courtesy Hathi Trust
Image: Reproduced in The Century, 1900, Courtesy Hathi Trust
Moose, and Moose House
Reproduced in The Century, 1900, Courtesy Hathi Trust

Moose, and Moose House

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1900
MediumGouache and Ink on Paper*
Dimensions18 x 12 in.*
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0143
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C. Rungius
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceThe artist; to either William Temple Hornaday or The Century Magazine
Illustration
William Hornaday. “The New York Zoological Park.” The Century 61, no. 1 (November 1900), illustrated p. 94.
DescriptionScene of the New York Zoological Park: Three cow moose, one closest to viewer lying in water, moose next to it looking at viewer and third moose furthest way, walks down slope toward foreground. Below main illustration is a vignette of the Moose House at the Zoological Park.Bibliography