Mule Deer

Alternate Title(s)

Group of Deer

Artist/Maker George Catlin United States, 1796 - 1872

Datec. 1855

MediumOil on Canvas

Dimensionsimage: 16 × 19 in. (40.6 × 48.3 cm) frame: 28 1/2 × 31 in. (72.4 × 78.7 cm)

Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art

Object numberM1989.002

ClassificationsPainting

Signedsigned lower right

DescriptionFive deer stand in the center of the painting in a clearing. Behind the pack are trees whose leaves have begun to turn orange with the onset of fall. To the left is a tree with green and orange leaves. The tines emanating from a single beam indicate that these deer are whitetail deer, not mule deer.

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