Buck shooting in Windsor Great Park, with Portraits of His Majesty's Deerkeepers

John Frederick Lewis (1805 - 1876)

Tate Collection

1825 - 1826

The picture shows His Majesty's Deerkeepers standing round an old buck that has just been shot. Windsor Castle can be seen in the distance. The close observation of nature which characterises Lewis's work as a Pre-Raphaelite is hown in this picture by the painting of the horse's nostrils, which are distended at the scent of blood from the dead buck.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 95 x 135 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £650 ( Total: £650)
• ArtFunded in: 1936
• Vendor: Winifred V Wetherall

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