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A Battle Royal
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A Battle Royal

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1902
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 36 x 54 in. (91.4 x 137.2 cm)
Credit LinePrivate Collection
Object numberCC.0002
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C Rungius.
Inscribed
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceH. Lloyd Folsom by 1944; by descent through family; to Private Collection by 1956
Illustration
Description"'A battle royal.' On a rocky headland are three mooses [sic], two of which are engaged in a fierce fight, while the other stands at some distance observing them," from June 6, 1902, copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Three moose total.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Battle, A, royal. On a rocky headland are three mooses [sic] two of which are engaged in a fierce fight. 
Copyright proprietor: Carl Rungus [sic], Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXC, no. 4044, Jun. 6 1902.
NB: Copyright form misspells "Rungius" as "Rungus."
"'A battle royal.' On a rocky headland are three mooses, two of which are engaged in a fierce fight, while the other stands at some distance observing them," from copyright long form, June 6, 1902, Class I. XXc. No. 4044 (Class I: Works of Art).
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