![]() ![]() ![]() What is for certain is the impression it made on the visitors. It may have looked something like the first wax model that he had fashioned in New York, but that is not known. When, in 1891, Proctor received an invitation to model monumental plaster sculptures of western animals as decorations for the grounds of the World’s Columbian Exposition, one of the subjects he chose was his western mountain lion. Using various studies, he made his first model in wax at the Art Students League. 1 He continued to pursue his passion for these wild cats at New York’s menagerie, just a few blocks away from his studio. He sketched it, skinned it, and then had the pelt packed up to take back to his studio at the Art Students League in New York. The lion was perhaps his favorite trophy. He shot and killed at least a couple of bears, numerous deer and elk, and an adult panther. Proctor began to dream of exploring in art the mountain lion of the Rockies during one of his hunting trips in the Flat Tops of the Colorado Rockies in the summer of 1887. ![]() Alexander Phimister Proctor Collection, MS242, Harold McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming. ![]()
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