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A Battle Royal
Courtesy Private Collection

A Battle Royal

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1902
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 36 x 54 in. (91.4 x 137.2 cm)
Credit LinePrivate Collection
Object numberCC.0001
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Inscribed? 0
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceH. Lloyd Folsom by 1944; by descent through family; to Private Collection by 1956
Illustration
Description"'A battle royal.' On a rocky headland are three mooses [sic], two of which are engaged in a fierce fight, while the other stands at some distance observing them," from 1902 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Three moose total.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Battle, A, royal. On a rocky headland are three mooses [sic] two of which are engaged in a fierce fight. 
Copyright proprietor: Carl Rungus [sic], Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXC, no. 4044, Jun. 6 1902.
NB: Copyright form misspells "Rungius" as "Rungus."
"'A battle royal.' On a rocky headland are three mooses, two of which are engaged in a fierce fight, while the other stands at some distance observing them," from copyright long form, June 6, 1902, Class I. XXc. No. 4044 (Class I: Works of Art).
Bibliography
ADH
Carl Rungius
1906
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1908
Courtesy of the Glenbow Museum
Carl Rungius
1905
Courtesy of the Jackson Hole Art Auction
Carl Rungius
1905
Reproduced in Gould, 1902
Carl Rungius
1902
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1902
Courtesy of the Scottsdale Art Auction
Carl Rungius
1907
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1906
Reproduced in Gould, 1902
Carl Rungius
1902