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Hanging Grouse
Hanging Grouse

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)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1999.025
DescriptionTwo 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
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