Title:
A dead point!
Creator/Contributor:
Derby, George Horatio (1823-1861), American?, artist (attributed to) (artist)
Date:
[18--]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0235--C
Format:
drawing on tinted paper: pen and ink
19.4 x 31.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Figure of long-nosed hunter in English dress preparing to shoot two game birds few feet away using large musket; birds and
dog point at one another; small figure at right carries bag, his hair raised in fright and cap popping off; church in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC). Handwritten (LR): West Point/Army mess. Attribution based on information from Inventory Sheets.
Subjects:
Animals;
Arms & armaments;
Clothing & dress;
Hunting
Genre/Format:
Caricatures;
Cartoons (Commentary);
Drawings