[Dead Stag]
Horatio Ross
ca. 1857
![[Dead Stag] by Horatio Ross](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/dead-stag-286900.webp)
Medium
Salted paper print
Dimensions
19.1 x 23.4 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.552 (14)
Tags
DeerDeath
About the Artist
Horatio Ross · 1801–1886
Horatio Ross was born in Scotland in 1801 and became one of the most remarkable early practitioners of photography in Britain, as well as a celebrated sportsman, marksman, and Highland gentleman. Before photography claimed his deepest attention, Ross had already distinguished himself as one of the finest rifle shots in the country, winning numerous competitions and earning a reputation as an outst...