The Last Drop (Primary Title)
Charles Schreyvogel, American, 1861 - 1912 (Artist)
Roman Bronze Works, American, founded 1897 (Foundry)
“Copyrighted 1903 by / Chas Schreyvogel” (on the base), “ROMAN BROZE WORKS N-Y” (along the base), “No 97” (underneath the base)
Gift of Mrs. James H. Symington
Harold McCracken, Great Painters and Illustrators of the Old West (New York: Dover, 1952), p. 202.
Ed Ainsworth, The Cowboy in Art (New York: World Publishing Company, 1968), pp. 48-49 (another cast).
James David Horan, The Life and Art of Charles Schreyvogel: Painter-Historian of the Indian-Fighting Army of the American West (New York: Crown Publishers, 1969), p. 27, pl. 39 (another cast).
Paul A. Rossi, David C. Hunt, The Art of the Old West (New York: Knopf, 1971), p. 230 (another cast).
Patricia Janis Broder, Bronzes of the American West (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), pp. 202, 204-05 (another cast).
Harold McCracken, The West of Buffalo Bill: Frontier Art, Indian Crafts, Memorabilia from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center (New York: Harry H. Abrams, 1974), p. 196.
William C. Foxley, Frontier Spirit: Catalog of the Collection of the Museum of Western Art (Denver, CO: The Museum, 1983), p. 110, no. 76 (another cast).
Gary A. Reynolds, American Bronze Sculpture: 1850 to the Present (Newark, NJ: Newark Museum, 1984), p. 23.
Suzan Campbell, The American West: People, Places, and Ideas (Corning, NY: Rockwell Museum of Art, 2001), n.p., pl. 62 (another cast).
Lucy D. Rosenfeld, A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2002), p. 138.
Susan Hallsten McGarry, Honoring the Western Tradition: The L.D. "Brink" Brinkman Collection (Kerrville, TX: L.D. "Brink" Brinkman Foundation, 2003), p. 36 (another cast).
Thayer Tolles, and Thomas Brent Smith, The American West in Bronze, 1850-1926 (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013), p. 122, no. 71, fig. 153 (another cast).
Ed Ainsworth, The Cowboy in Art (New York: World Publishing Company, 1968), pp. 48-49 (another cast).
James David Horan, The Life and Art of Charles Schreyvogel: Painter-Historian of the Indian-Fighting Army of the American West (New York: Crown Publishers, 1969), p. 27, pl. 39 (another cast).
Paul A. Rossi, David C. Hunt, The Art of the Old West (New York: Knopf, 1971), p. 230 (another cast).
Patricia Janis Broder, Bronzes of the American West (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), pp. 202, 204-05 (another cast).
Harold McCracken, The West of Buffalo Bill: Frontier Art, Indian Crafts, Memorabilia from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center (New York: Harry H. Abrams, 1974), p. 196.
William C. Foxley, Frontier Spirit: Catalog of the Collection of the Museum of Western Art (Denver, CO: The Museum, 1983), p. 110, no. 76 (another cast).
Gary A. Reynolds, American Bronze Sculpture: 1850 to the Present (Newark, NJ: Newark Museum, 1984), p. 23.
Suzan Campbell, The American West: People, Places, and Ideas (Corning, NY: Rockwell Museum of Art, 2001), n.p., pl. 62 (another cast).
Lucy D. Rosenfeld, A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2002), p. 138.
Susan Hallsten McGarry, Honoring the Western Tradition: The L.D. "Brink" Brinkman Collection (Kerrville, TX: L.D. "Brink" Brinkman Foundation, 2003), p. 36 (another cast).
Thayer Tolles, and Thomas Brent Smith, The American West in Bronze, 1850-1926 (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013), p. 122, no. 71, fig. 153 (another cast).
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