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Contending for Mastery of the Herd
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Contending for Mastery of the Herd

Artist/Maker William de la Montagne Cary United States, 1840 - 1922
Date1874
MediumNews engraving
Dimensionsimage: 13 1/2 × 9 in. (34.3 × 22.9 cm) frame: 23 3/4 × 17 3/4 in. (60.3 × 45.1 cm)
Credit LineJoffa and Bill Kerr, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1998.161
ClassificationsPrint
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DescriptionTwo bison bulls stand head to head on the edge of a cliff and braced for battle. Bison dot the landscape in background, bone in foreground.