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The Battle Cry

Alternate Title(s)
  • Elk
  • Bull Elk
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1906
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 34 x 25 in. (86.4 x 63.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Tim and Karen Hixon Collection
Object numberCC.0020
ClassificationsPainting
Categorywildlife
Description"The Battle Cry. A bull elk in foreground walking down hill swinging, buglin his head around to the right; three cows further down on the right. Behind the bull, on the left side of picture, young pine tree, high mountain well in background, the top glowing in the evening sun," from 1906 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Four elk total.
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ADH
Carl Rungius
1906
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1906
Courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
Carl Rungius
1907
Courtesy Sotheby's Auction House
Carl Rungius
1907
NMWA
Carl Rungius
1906
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1905
Alert
Carl Rungius
1905
Rounding Up the Strays
Robert F. Kuhn
1982
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1907
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1909