Given to Us in Trust - Bison postcard
by Toni Hopper
Title
Given to Us in Trust - Bison postcard
Artist
Toni Hopper
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Original image of bison grazing on the fields of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge near Medicine Park, Oklahoma. Also original image of an authentic historic painted buffalo hide, blended the images together and added the quote.
βThe wild things of this earth are not ours to do with as we please. They have been given to us in trust, and we must account for them to the generation which will come after us and audit our accounts.β
β William Temple Hornaday, A Founder of The American Bison Society
William Temple Hornaday, Sc.D. (December 1, 1854 β March 6, 1937) was an American zoologist, conservationist, taxidermist, hunter, and author. He served as the first director of the New York Zoological Park, known today as the Bronx Zoo, and he was a pioneer in the conservation movement in the United States. He was the President of a conservation group called the Campfire Club in 1905 as well as the President of the American Bison Society from 1907-10.
This would make a nice greeting card, postcard or photographic print. Nice office artwork.
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July 10th, 2023
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