Elk

Credit Line
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, WY
Accession #
W0016.019.002
Foundry
Gorham Co. Founders
Foundry Mark
not visible
Inscriptions

A.P. PROCTOR, top front base; COPY RT 1899, top rear base; QCBE / PROCTOR, underneath in red paint

Signatures

A.P. PROCTOR

Copyright

1899

Patina
brown
Dimensions
16 3/4 x 20 x 4 1/2 in.
Casting Method
sand cast
Casting Date
1899
Cast Number
None
Metallurgy
Average copper-to-zinc ratio of 16.18. Average copper-to-tin ratio of 109. Trace amounts of calcium, titanium, arsenic, and silver are present on all sample spots.

The artist; Nona Proctor Church Shefelman, Seattle, WA; Thomas Shefelman; Phimister Proctor Church, Hansville, WA; A. Phimister Proctor Museum; present owner by gift, 2016