Black-Tailed Deer
1845
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
About the artist
1845
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Black-Tailed Deer is a 1845 ink by John T. Bowen, a Romanticism work, depicting Deer, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a buck deer standing in a sunlit forest. Its dark tail is raised, like it just noticed you. The artist added watercolor touches to the printed lines by hand. Hand-colored lithographs weren’t common then, because printing and painting twice cost extra. This one still looks bright after almost 180 years. See how the trees frame the deer? Look up lithography to know why the ink stays so crisp.
