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Stag Taking Water

ca. 1850
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Stag Taking Water
  • Artist: John Ferneley, Snr. (British, Leicestershire, 1782–1860)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: ca. 1850
  • Medium: Aquatint, hand colored
  • Dimensions: image: 4 3/16 x 5 9/16 in. (10.9 x 14.2 cm)
    sheet: 14 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (36.9 x 17.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Anna Hyatt Huntington, 1974
  • Object Number: 1974.672.7b
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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