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Caribou pawing a clump of grass

Artist

Dr. John Bernard Gilpin

Collection

Nova Scotia Museum

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Additional Information

From the Collection

Description

Watercolour on brown paper, full side-on view of a caribou pawing a clump of grass.

Inscription

In ink along bottom: "By Dr. J. B. Gilpin. / Woodland Caribou, - Rangifer caribou caribou (Gmelin). / ab [rest missing from missing corner]" (Museum notes suggest this text was written by Piers.) There is a small "11" in pencil on the upper left corner.

Descriptive medium

Watercolour on brown paper.

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