For your consideration is this limited edition Philip R. Goodwin bronze titled, "Mountain Lion". Philip Russell Goodwin's natural born talent for illustration became evident very early on and by age eleven he had already sold works to Collier's magazine. Goodwin studied under Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia from 1899-1900. He agreed to his master's belief that an artist should spend time in the environment which he is illustrating. Goodwin also studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Art Students League in New York. Goodwin's illustrations were published in magazines such as Harper's Monthly and Harper's Weekly, Scribner's and celebrated books such as "Call of the Wild" by Jack London and "African Game Trails" by Theodore Roosevelt. The bronze shows a mountain lion climbing down a tree stump, carefully watching his step as he descends. The bronze sits on a fine marble base with green felt on the bottom The front of he marble base features a gold colored metal tag that reads, "Mountain Lion, A limited edition, Philip R. Goodwin". The bronze shows good condition and attention to detail in the mountain lion. The bronze shows no signs of obvious damage. The bronze measures 4 1/2" L x 3" W x 3 3/8" H.