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Christmas Card, Caribou (copper printing plate)
Christmas Card, Caribou (copper printing plate)

Christmas Card, Caribou (copper printing plate)

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
DateUndated
MediumPhotogravure copper printing plate mounted on wood.
Dimensions3 1/8 × 4 1/8 in. (7.9 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1994.114
ClassificationsArtifact
Subject
InscribedOn short side of wood block: "348 I.P.E.U" with the letters being inside a diamond shape backed by a rectangle
On View
Not on view
DescriptionMetal plate with a caribou at the base of a mountain, nailed to a wooden block. Used for Carl Rungius's Christmas cards. See drypoint "Osborne's Caribou" and painting, "Caribou in the Mountains."
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