Skip to main contentDescriptionHunter on roan horse that is shying away from the corpses of two bison lying on the ground. Second hunter in profile in distance walking along crest of hill. Three bison, two men and a horse depicted.Bibliography
The Roan Shied from the Dead Hulk Lying on the Grass, and Markovitch . . . Rode Straight for the Hills, and at His Coming a Coatless Figure Rose and Scutted Toward the Trees
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius,
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1902
MediumGouache and Ink on paper*
Dimensions18 x 12 in.*
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0169
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right,
C. Rungius
Categorywildlife/domestic/human
ProvenanceThe artist; Doubleday, Page & Co.
IllustrationMaximilian Foster. In the Forest: Tales of Wood-Life. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901, illustrated facing p. 144.