Deer Family

January 1, 1873

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A stag and two deer in profile facing left, their legs not seen, with mountains beyond at left. Based on a painting shown at the British Institution in 1838 as "Red Deer."

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Title: Deer Family
Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
Engraver: Thomas Landseer (British, London 1795–1880 London)
Publisher: Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd. (London)
Publisher: William Schaus (American, 1821–1892)
Date: January 1, 1873
Medium: Etching, engraving and stipple on chine collé
Dimensions: Plate: 32 × 22 7/8 in. (81.3 × 58.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Object Number: 47.30.35
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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