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Rocky Mountain Sheep
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Rocky Mountain Sheep

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1906
MediumOil on Canvas
DimensionsUnknown
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0017
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Inscribed? 1
Categorywildlife
Description"Rocky Mountain Sheep. High mountain country, a big ram standing on the edge of a cliff in center of picture. Two smaller rams on the right side in foreground. A smaller one above this two coming down. One ram in distance behind this," from 1906 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Five mountain sheep total.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Rocky Mountain sheep. High mountain country, a big ram standing on the edge of a cliff in centre of picture.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius, Carl, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 17011, Feb. 14, 1906. 
 "Rocky Mountain Sheep. High mountain country, a big ram standing on the edge of a cliff in center of picture. Two smaller rams on the right side in foreground. A smaller one above this two coming down. One ram in distance behind this," from 1906 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art). 

Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "Illustration?" PA-1875-268.