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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
Categorywildlife
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.
Bibliography
ADH
Carl Rungius
1906
Pronghorn Antelope
John James Audubon
1849-1854
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1908
Prairie Marmot Squirrel
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c. 1849
Fighting Moose
Carl Rungius
Courtesy of the Jackson Hole Art Auction
Carl Rungius
1905
Courtesy of the Glenbow Museum
Carl Rungius
1905
Fighting Bison
Edward Kemeys
1889
Courtesy National Museum of Wildlife Art
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1906
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Robert Lindneux
1927 & 1928