Elk
Title | Elk |
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Cast Number | 3 |
Credit Line | Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; Gift of George D. Pratt |
Casting Date | ca. 1912 |
Detailed info
Alternate Title | Elk |
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Dimensions (Length x Height x Width) |
16 1/2 x 20 x 7 1/2 in. |
Provenance | The artist; [?]; George D. Pratt, New York, NY 1912; present owner by gift |
Acquisition Date | 1912 |
Foundry | Pompeian Bronze Works N.Y. |
Foundry Mark | Pompeian Bronze Works NY |
Inscriptions | A.P. PROCTOR, top front edge of base; COPY RT 1899, top rear of base; Pompeian Bronze Works N.Y, engraved on rear left edge of base; 3 / 11904, painted in black underneath |
Signature | A.P. Proctor |
Casting Method | Lost wax |
Model Date | ca. 1912 |
Copyright Date | 1899 |
Accession Number | 12.897 |
Commentary | Antlers badly damaged |
Record modified | 2017-06-01 |
X-ray fluoroscopy
Metallurgy | Average copper-to-zinc ratio of 115.81. Average copper-to-tin ratio of 17. Trace amounts of silver are present on all sample spots. |
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