An exhausted stag is hunted into a river by two hounds. Etching by J. Cousen after E. H. Landseer.

  • Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873.
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40139i
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The exhausted stag is about to be swept away by the torrent, while one hound is maintaining its grip on the stag's ear and the other hound is submerged in the water

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 18.7 x 25.2 cm

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The death of the stag. E. Landseer, R. A. painter. J. Cousen, engraver

References note

R. Ormond, Sir Edwin Landseer, Tate Gallery London 1982, p. 81

Reference

Wellcome Collection 40139i

Reproduction note

After the oil painting by E. H. Landseer "Deer and deerhounds in a mountain torrent" (also called "The mountain torrent and the hunted stag") (1833) Tate Gallery London

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