Skip to main contentDescriptionTwo dead grouse hang down against a black background.Trompe l'oeil. Could be the now extinct Heath Hen, an eastern relative of the great Prairie Chicken, more common in the western plains. See Kemeys Prairie Chicken
Hanging Grouse
Artist/Maker
Alexander Pope
United States, 1849 - 1924
Datec. 1890
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsimage: 28 × 20 in. (71.1 × 50.8 cm)
frame: 35 1/2 × 29 1/4 in. (90.2 × 74.3 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1999.025
ClassificationsPainting
Keyword
Signedsigned lower right
On View
On viewRien Poortvliet