Branding Cattle

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, shaded and scraped. It depicts four-man marking an ox occupying the entire area of ​​the composition. To the right of center, huge ox lying on front paws are folded down. The horns are tied two strings being pulled by two men who are each on one side of the animal; what is on the left of the composition has legs bent as if sitting in the air, is with the body behind the on the left foot is stepped on the steer and pull with both hands of the strings tied in the animal's horns man who is the on the right of the composition, is more upon the right than the first, has the legs slightly bent with the on the right foot stepped on the animal, pulls hands to another rope that is tied in ox horn. A little more to the bottom of the composition, to the left, a man standing in front with on the right legs in the air, holding in his on the right hand a coiled rope, wears bandit hat and jacket; on the right of center, behind the animal, front man, with hands on the ox's back suggesting be marking him.