Dead Pheasant Mounted on a Board, model 1846, cast by 1929

[1] It is possible McGuire inherited the sculpture from his grandfather, also James Clark McGuire (1812-1888), who was originally a bookbinder, and later a major art collector, in Washington, and one of the original trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The younger McGuire's uncle, Frederick B. McGuire (1837-1915), was also a collector, and an estate sale of his Barye and Mene bronzes was held at the American Art Association in New York on 26 February 1917.