The Chief's Return from Deer Stalking

Publisher Henry Graves & Co. British
September 1, 1888
Not on view
A procession in the Scottish higlands led by a bagpiper wearing a kilt in front of other men, dogs and ponies with stags slung across their backs. Women seated beside the road watch and at right a road winds into the distance towards mountains.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Chief's Return from Deer Stalking
  • Artist: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
  • Publisher: Henry Graves & Co. (British, active 1827–1926)
  • Publisher: The Printsellers' Association, London (British, established 1847)
  • Date: September 1, 1888
  • Medium: Etching and engraving on chine collé; proof
  • Dimensions: Plate: 7 1/2 × 13 in. (19 × 33 cm)
    Sheet: 13 11/16 × 19 15/16 in. (34.8 × 50.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Anna H. Huntington, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.620.7
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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