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Tartars or Russians Hunting an Elk by Samuel Howett — VisualArtsDB

Tartars or Russians Hunting an Elk

Tartars or Russians Hunting an Elk

1785–1822

Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 14.7 × 20 cm (5 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Genre: ink or chalk wash
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)graphiteinkwashink or chalk washprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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Tartars Hunting Deer (recto); Shell (verso)

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Killing Seals in a Cavern by Torchlight (recto); Sketch of Hunters and Board (verso)

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Seamen on the Whale Fishery Killing a Polar Bear (recto); Shell (verso)

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