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

Elk, and Elk House

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1900
MediumGouache and Ink on Paper*
Dimensions18 x 12 in.*
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0144
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C. Rungius
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceThe artist; to Willliam Temple Hornaday or The Century Magazine
Illustration

William Hornaday. “The New York Zoological Park.” The Century 61, no. 1 (November 1900), illustrated p. 95.

DescriptionScene of the New York Zoological Park: Bull elk in foreground bugles; the rest of the herd is in the distance, with a cow standing in a body of water. Below main illustration is a vignette of the Elk House at the Zoological Park. Six or seven elk depicted.Bibliography