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Elk Buffalo (Monarch of the Plains)

Artist/Maker Henry Merwin Shrady United States, 1871 - 1922
Date1900
MediumBronze
Dimensions23 3/4 × 28 × 10 3/4 in. (60.3 × 71.1 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1993.030
ClassificationsSculpture
Keyword
SignedSigned
InscribedP left mid base: COPYRIGHT/ 1900/ THEODORE B. STARR P right from corner base: HM SHRADY/ 1900 [and] a cloverleaf shaped stamp Also noted: Cire Perdue. Cast Roman Bronze WRKS, N. Y. (location unknown). Also has artist's monogram.
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DescriptionSculpture of a bull bison standing with head turned slightly to the right.
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