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The image shows an uncolored illustration on aged paper featuring two distinct pencil sketches. One sketch of a deer is in the upper left corner, focusing on the animal's form and posture. In the upper right corner, there is a sketch of a duck near water with flowing lines suggesting ripples and hints of grass nearby. The scene appears open and expansive, with a faded beige background, enhancing the pencil sketches. The overall color palette is limited to shades of pencil grey against the warm tone of the paper.
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The image shows an uncolored illustration on aged paper featuring two distinct pencil sketches. One sketch of a deer is in the upper left corner, focusing on the animal's form and posture. In the upper right corner, there is a sketch of a duck near water with flowing lines suggesting ripples and hints of grass nearby. The scene appears open and expansive, with a faded beige background, enhancing the pencil sketches. The overall color palette is limited to shades of pencil grey against the warm tone of the paper.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Duck and a Stag [verso]

Paul Lacroix

Date
1831
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
image (irregular): 39.05 × 8.26 cm (15 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.) sheet: 40.96 × 27.94 cm (16 1/8 × 11 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.19.1032.b
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Duck
  • Stag
  • animals
  • still
Provenance

(Robert S. Sloan Gallery, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1965; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

NGA object ID 206609. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.