Cerf Dix-Cors
1851
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1851
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This lithograph shows a deer with ten antler points standing in a snowy forest. Karl Bodmer used fine lines to make the fur and branches look real. The deer’s breath appears as a faint mist in the cold air. Bodmer traveled with an explorer in the 1830s. He drew animals and people in the American West long before cameras were common. The ten points on the antlers show this is a mature buck. Next, see more of Bodmer’s work at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
