Skip to main contentDescriptionA white tailed deer stands in a clearing in the forest in the fall. The leaves surrounding the deer are red. The deer faces right and trees surround it in the background.
The Virginia White Tailed Deer
Artist/Maker
William Jacob Hays Sr.
United States, 1830 - 1875
Date1870
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 17 1/2 × 20 in. (44.5 × 50.8 cm)
frame: 24 × 33 in. (61 × 83.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the 1998 Collectors Circle, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1998.070
ClassificationsPainting
Signedsigned and dated lower right
On View
Not on viewWilliam Jacob Hays Sr.