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From "Catalog of The Works of the Late Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.," (1874, p. 30), by Algernon Graves: "The original painted for Captain Peel, R.N., and now belongs to the Right Honourable Sir Frederick Peel. It was exhibited at the British Institution in 1852. This subject was at first without the group of deer in the foreground, which was afterwards inserted at the request of Mr. Henry Graves, to make it a more engravable subject. The stag close to the rock was the only animal in the picture. It has since been engraved smaller by G. Zobel."
Also referenced in the catalogue entry is William Cowper's Poem, "The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk," which coined the phrase "I am the Monarch of All I Survey."
The Deer Pass
Artist/Maker
Sir Edwin H. Landseer
(United Kingdom, 1802 - 1873)
Date1852
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 37 1/2 × 83 in. (95.3 × 210.8 cm)
frame: 45 1/2 × 90 1/2 in. (115.6 × 229.9 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Terms
Object numberJL1995.160
DescriptionPainted after a trip to The Isle of Skye - depicting the Black Cuillin Mountain Range. Boulder named Cioch (apparently). May also be Glen Orchay or Orchy [less likely than the Black Cuillin Range, based on visual comparison]. From "Catalog of The Works of the Late Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.," (1874, p. 30), by Algernon Graves: "The original painted for Captain Peel, R.N., and now belongs to the Right Honourable Sir Frederick Peel. It was exhibited at the British Institution in 1852. This subject was at first without the group of deer in the foreground, which was afterwards inserted at the request of Mr. Henry Graves, to make it a more engravable subject. The stag close to the rock was the only animal in the picture. It has since been engraved smaller by G. Zobel."
Also referenced in the catalogue entry is William Cowper's Poem, "The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk," which coined the phrase "I am the Monarch of All I Survey."
Status
On viewCollections
Thomas Bewick