The Chief's Return from Deer Stalking

Publisher The Printsellers' Association, London British

September 1, 1888

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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.

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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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