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Still Life with a Dead Deer, Walking Stick, and Cloth
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Still Life with a Dead Deer, Walking Stick, and Cloth

Horatio Ross · 1855 - 1860 · albumen print; cardboard; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Horatio Ross photographed game he and his friends had shot. Even at an advanced age he was one of the finest shots in all of Scotland. Unlike in drawings and paintings, the deer in this photograph looks somewhat odd and distorted. Hence, this shot is a good example of how photography introduced a different, unromanticized way of depicting reality.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineStill Life with a Dead Deer, Walking Stick, and Cloth. 1855 - 1860. Horatio Ross. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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