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Horace and Edward Stalking Stags

1856

Captain Horatio Ross

Associated Names

Captain Horatio Ross

Artist, Scottish, 1801 - 1886

This is a photograph of a grassy landscape. The image shows a high ground covered with dense grass, stretching evenly across. On the right side, some items are partially visible above the grass. In the background, elements on the right side appear to protrude above the grass in a horn-like shape. The terrain descends slightly from left to right, offering a subtle sense of depth and elevation. Overall, the image captures a serene open field or moorland.

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Artwork overview

Medium

albumen silver print
Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Diana and Mallory Walker
Dimensions

image: 17.1 × 23.1 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/8 in.)
mount: 27.6 × 36.6 cm (10 7/8 × 14 7/16 in.)
Accession Number

2018.7.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hamiltons Gallery, London, 1997); (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 1997; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Isaacs, Charles

Exhibition History

2019

The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, on mount, centered below image in black ink: Horace + Edward 1856

Wikidata ID

Q64145652

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