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Rungius Studio Collection, Courtesy of Glenbow
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The Bulls Stood Still and Gave Me a Chance for Another Shot
Rungius Studio Collection, Courtesy of Glenbow

The Bulls Stood Still and Gave Me a Chance for Another Shot

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1903
MediumGouache and Ink on Paper*
Dimensions18 x 12 in.*
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0197
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C. Rungius
Subject
Region
    Categorywildlife
    ProvenanceThe artist; Recreation
    Illustration
    W. H. Fee. "Hunting Blue Bulls in India." Recreation 19, no. 2 (August 1903), illustrated p. 84, frontispiece.
    DescriptionIn India, a group of four nilghai bulls stand in a field, one looking directly at the viewer.Curatorial Remarks
    This illustration depicts a blue bull or nilgai, the largest Asian antelope. It is found across the northern Indian subcontinent. It is the only member of the genus Boselaphus. The species was recorded and given its binomial name by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in 1766. Nilgai is the Hindustani word for "blue cow."
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