Actaeon here, posting for TOR.TOR-079 Plains Pronghorn [color]
One of two historical prints Tim drew depicting American frontier-era characters as the animals they might have been in an anthro life. In this case, a frontier woodsman or plainsman, reminiscent of Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone, depicted as a pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), possibly of Native American descent or with close ties to Native American culture. He's wearing traditional leather garments (though the belt buckle looks distinctly modern) with beaded neck and cuff trim, and carries what looks like a Hawken percussion muzzleloader with patch box and octagonal barrel. (I'm not well-versed on antique firearms, though, so don't quote me on that. In fact, without Google, I wouldn't have even gotten that far. ;)
Taxonomical note: The pronghorn is neither a deer nor an antelope, but the sole surviving member of the family Antilocapridae, a group of artiodactyls that roamed North America in much greater variety during the Pleistocene. Pronghorns are actually more closely related to the giraffe and okapi than any other extant North American fauna.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronghorn
Note: this was scanned from a print; I don't have the hand-colored original.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / General Furry Art
Species Mammal (Other)
Size 989 x 1280px
File Size 794.7 kB
You are pretty spot on for his rifle. The Hawken style plains rifle was widely copied and is still being made today. This fellow has a pretty fancy embellished version, though the brass butt plate indicates Tim based this probably on the current one sold by Thompson Center as the "Hawken" model rather than a period original. Good artistic choice though, all the brass looks nicer!
Agreed. I think it's the taxonomy that confuses people. Is it an antelope? Is it a goat? Well, it's kinda halfway between the two.
It's like the scene where "WALL•E" is trying to classify a spork. Is it a fork? Is it a spoon? He goes back and forth, then gives up and sets it between them. :)
It's like the scene where "WALL•E" is trying to classify a spork. Is it a fork? Is it a spoon? He goes back and forth, then gives up and sets it between them. :)
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