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Head of a Roebuck and Two Ptarmigan, c. 1830. Oil on panel.
Oil on panel · 22.5 × 30.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Head of a Roebuck and Two Ptarmigan
- Artist
- Edwin Henry Landseer (English, 1802-1873)
- Date
- c. 1830
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 22.5 × 30.4 cm (8 7/8 × 12 in.); Framed: 37.5 × 45.5 × 7.7 cm (14 3/4 × 17 7/8 × 3 in.)
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by the Auxiliary Board
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1802–1873
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.