Oil paint on canvas on mahogany
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-edwin-henry-landseer-323" aria-label="More by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Edwin Henry Landseer</a>
Deer and Deer Hounds in a Mountain Torrent Hunted Stag
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
animals: mammals
courage
deer
dog, staghound
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
gorge
hunting
landscape
leisure and pastimes
recreational activities
river
rocky
water: inland
waterfall
<p>Edwin Henry Landseer’s many visits to the Scottish Highlands captured his imagination. Here, he depicts a dying stag defiantly fighting off hounds. Landseer was famed for the emotion of his animal subjects. This scene is transformed into a desperate struggle against the forces of nature. The sublime, mountainous landscape and crashing water only strengthen the sense of awe and foreboding. Through such paintings of Scotland’s wild beauty, Landseer helped inspire a romantic image of the Highlands, distanced from the realities of the turmoil and deprivation caused by the Highland Clearances during this period.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 2023</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas mahogany
14 April 2005 – 10 July 2005
2005-07-10
14 April 2005 – 10 July 2005
2005-07-10
2005-04-14
Royal Scottish Academy (Edinburgh, UK)
http://www.royalscottishacademy.org
2005-04-14
Landseer in the Highlands
Loan-out
11 July 2005 – 18 November 2007
2007-11-18
11 July 2005 – 18 November 2007
2007-11-18
2005-07-11
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-07-11
The British Landscape
Collection based display
18 August 2009 – 14 November 2010
2010-11-14
18 August 2009 – 14 November 2010
2010-11-14
2009-08-18
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-08-18
Sublime
Collection based display
12 May 2011 – 8 November 2011
2011-11-08
12 May 2011 – 8 November 2011
2011-11-08
2011-05-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2011-05-12
Riviere in Focus
Collection based display
26 March 2015 – 27 May 2020
2020-05-27
26 March 2015 – 21 June 2015
2015-06-21
2015-03-26
Museo Nacional de Arte (Mexico City, Mexico)
18 July 2015 – 18 October 2015
2015-10-18
2015-07-18
Pinacoteca do Estado (São Paulo, Brazil)
27 April 2018 – 5 August 2018
2018-08-05
2018-04-27
Shanghai Art Museum (Shanghai, China)
4 September 2018 – 13 November 2018
2018-11-13
2018-09-04
National Art Museum of China (Beijing, China)
27 November 2019 – 27 May 2020
2020-05-27
2019-11-27
Hong Kong Museum of Art (Hong Kong, China)
2015-03-26
British Landscape
Tate partnerships & programmes
26 September 2022
26 September 2022
2022-09-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-09-26
Gallery 10
Collection based display
Deer and Deer Hounds in a Mountain Torrent (‘The Hunted Stag’)
support: 405 × 908 mm
frame: 1015 × 1220 × 130 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
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<p>Edwin Henry Landseer’s many visits to the Scottish Highlands captured his imagination. Here, he depicts a dying stag defiantly fighting off hounds. Landseer was famed for the emotion of his animal subjects. This scene is transformed into a desperate struggle against the forces of nature. The sublime, mountainous landscape and crashing water only strengthen the sense of awe and foreboding. Through such paintings of Scotland’s wild beauty, Landseer helped inspire a romantic image of the Highlands, distanced from the realities of the turmoil and deprivation caused by the Highland Clearances during this period.</p>
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animals: mammals courage deer dog, staghound emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas gorge hunting landscape leisure and pastimes recreational activities river rocky waterfall water: inland