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Stalking Panther

Generously provided by Buffalo Bill Center of the West
Alternate Title
Prowling Panther; Charging Panther; Stalking Panther; Crouching Panther; Panther-Fate; Fate; Roosevelt Panther
Credit Line
Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY; Gift of Proctor Foundation and Museum with special thanks to Sandy and Sally Church
Accession #
4.08.1
Foundry
Gorham Co. Founders
Foundry Mark
GORHAMCO. FOUNDERS QSV
Inscriptions

APHIMISTER PROCTOR 1891 – 1892, top front left on base; COPY RIGHT, top right rear on base; GORHAMCO. FOUNDERS / QSV, top rear of base

Signatures

APHIMISTER PROCTOR

Copyright

1897

Medium
Bronze
Patina
reddish brown
Version

large

Dimensions
6 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 37 1/4 in.
Casting Method
sand cast
Casting Date
ca. 1893
Metallurgy
Average copper-to-zinc ratio of 197.28. Average copper-to-tin ratio of 59. Trace amounts of manganese, calcium, and barium are present on all sample spots.
Subjects
lifted tail

The artist; Nona Proctor Church, Seattle, WA; Sandy and Sally Church, Hansville, WA; Proctor Foundation and Museum, Hansville, WA; present owner by gift

Presented to Sandy Church in 1956 by his mother stating that Granddad wanted you to have this bronze. She had wanted to wait until the proper time for the gift.” (from Sandy Church’s notes, 2015)

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