Ryall after Landseer Deer stalkers returning {1868} NGV [PR]

Ryall, Henry Thomas (1811-67; English), after Landseer, Edwin (1802-73; English)
Deer stalkers returning (1864)
Engraving and mezzotint, 58 x 71.3 cm (sheet; trimmed)
Gift of John Pascoe Fawkner 1868
National Gallery of Victoria (p.180.12-1)

Landseer’s 1827 painting (Coll.Duke of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle) typifies his popular highland subject-matter. Another impression of this print, auctioned by Bonhams in Edinburgh in 2017, is noted as printed by McQueen in 1864.

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Not listed in NGV 1894 or 1905 

Listed in the NGV’s catalogie as by an unknown engraver after Landseer (not reproduced); author’s ID photo reproduced here

For a discussion of Landseer’s painting and various copies and engravings of it, see e.g. http://www.dgingras-artist.com/index_htm_files/Restoration%20report%20Landseer%20Deer%20Stalking%201827.pdf (restoration report by D.Gingras, May 2016) [accessed 19 August 2019]. For the impression auctioned in 2017, see https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24090/lot/11/ (with reproduction) [also accessed 19 August 2019].