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Ovis Canadensis Is the Largest of the Mountain Sheep. The Horns Grow to a Circumference of Twelve Inches
Ken Carlson, National Museum of Wildlife Art

Ovis Canadensis Is the Largest of the Mountain Sheep. The Horns Grow to a Circumference of Twelve Inches

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1902
MediumGouache and Ink on Paper*
Dimensions18 x 12 in.*
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0210
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C. Rungius
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceThe artist; Outing Magazine
Illustration
Andrew J. Stone. "The Mountain Sheep of America." Outing 41, no. 2 (November 1902), illustrated p. 187.
DescriptionA mountain sheep ram, Ovis Canadenis, stands facing away from the viewer in three-quarter profile with his head turned in full profile on a rocky ledge, a second mountain sheep in the mid distance and rocky, mountainous landscape. Two mountain sheep depicted.Bibliography