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Reproduced in Everybody’s, 1901, Courtesy Hathi Trust
Image: Reproduced in Everybody’s, 1901, Courtesy Hathi Trust
Trees Two Feet in Diameter Have Been Torn Down in Every Direction, Others Have Been Plucked Up by the Roots; Gigantic Branches Have Been Wrenched Off Like Bits of Bark, and in Their Fall Have Swept Down the Dense Undergrowth
Reproduced in Everybody’s, 1901, Courtesy Hathi Trust

Trees Two Feet in Diameter Have Been Torn Down in Every Direction, Others Have Been Plucked Up by the Roots; Gigantic Branches Have Been Wrenched Off Like Bits of Bark, and in Their Fall Have Swept Down the Dense Undergrowth

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1901
MediumGouache and Ink on Paper*
Dimensions18 x 12 in.*
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0154
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C. Rungius
Subject
Region
    Categorywildlife
    ProvenanceThe artist; to Everybody’s Magazine
    Illustration
    Ewart Scott Grogan. “The African Elephant at Home.” Everybody’s Magazine 4, no. 20 (April 1901), illustrated p. 302.  

    DescriptionTwo elephants depicted going into forest among trees and fallen timber.Bibliography