The Mountaintop
A man stands on a mountain-top in the snow holding a dead eagle while wearing a satchel, beret, kilt and gun and accompanied by a hound at his side. Based on a picture exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1851 as "A Highlander."
Artwork Details
- Title: The Mountaintop
- Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
- Engraver: John Outrim (British, 1810–1884 after)
- Publisher: Henry Graves & Co. (British, active 1827–1926)
- Date: April 5, 1856
- Medium: Mixed method mezzotint on chine collé; proof
- Dimensions: Plate: 24 1/2 × 18 7/8 in. (62.2 × 48 cm)
Sheet: 27 9/16 × 22 1/16 in. (70 × 56 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
- Object Number: 49.40.171
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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