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Reproduced in McClure’s, 1908, Courtesy Hathi Trust
Image: Reproduced in McClure’s, 1908, Courtesy Hathi Trust
The Murder of a Mule-Deer Doe by Her Consort
Reproduced in McClure’s, 1908, Courtesy Hathi Trust

The Murder of a Mule-Deer Doe by Her Consort

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1908
MediumGouache and Ink on Paper*
Dimensions18 x 12 in.*
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0258
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower left, C. Rungius
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceThe artist; William Temple Hornaday
Illustration
William Temple Hornaday. "The Psychology of Wild Animals." McClure's Magazine 30, no. 4 (February 1908), illustrated p. 471.
DescriptionIn the middle of the night, a mule-deer buck gores to death a mule-deer doe as her two fawns stand close by. Four deer depicted.Bibliography