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Rocky Mountain Encounter (Master of the Trail)
Rocky Mountain Encounter (Master of the Trail)

Rocky Mountain Encounter (Master of the Trail)

Artist/Maker (United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959)
Date1904
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm) frame: 26 3/4 × 34 3/4 in. (67.9 × 88.3 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineThe Widener Limited Charitable Partnership, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Terms
    Object numberW1998.110
    DescriptionMountain Sheep encounters mountain lion on trail, more sheep behind. Reproduced in William Hornaday, The American Natural History, 1904, and in Outing Magazine, c. 1904, as "Master of the Trail." Three or four mountain sheep and one mountain lion total.
    Status
    Not on view