Waiting For the Deer to Rise
In the Scottish Highlands three men crouch behind a small hill, stalking deer. One aims a gun over the hill, another has one foot in a stream and holds two deerhounds. All wear elements of Scottish dress. Two may portray the celebrated poachers Charles Mackintosh and Malcolm Clarke. Based on a painting shown at the Royal Academy inwew 1831 titled "Poachers Deerstalking."
Artwork Details
- Title: Waiting For the Deer to Rise
- Engraver: Henry Thomas Ryall (British, Frome, Somerset 1811–1867 Cookham, Berkshire)
- Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
- Publisher: E. Gambart & Co. , London
- Publisher: The Printsellers' Association, London (British, established 1847)
- Published in: London
- Date: 1855
- Medium: Etching, engraving and mezzotint; proof
- Dimensions: Sheet: 25 13/16 x 32 in. (65.5 x 81.3 cm)
Image: 22 x 28 7/16 in. (55.9 x 72.3 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Anna Hyatt Huntington, 1974
- Object Number: 1974.672.23
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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