Centaur
From the Buffalo Arts Commission:
Charles Cary Rumsey (Sculptor)
H. Rouard (Founder)
Horses were the favorite subject of Charles Rumsey. He was a sportsman. In Bullfinch's book, Age of Fable, a Centaur was a monster represented as a man, from the head to the loins, with the remainder of the body that of a horse.
A male figure sits astride a horse with his proper right arm around the horse's neck, his torso against the proper right side of the horse's head facing towards the back of horse. His proper left arm is outstretched holding a bow.
The horse is rearing up on its hind legs. The inscription on nearby plaque reads: "The Centaur, Charles Cary Rumsey (1879-1922) sculptor. Presented to the Buffalo Historical Society by Charles Cary Rumsey Jr. and Mary Harriman Rumsey 1953."
www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/
Related