. ... Landseer : a collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter. fe and charac-ter of the animal are transferred to the canvas as bya snap shot of the camera. The stag has heardsome strange sound or scented some new danger,and, mounting a hill, looks abroad to see if all is responsibihty of the herd is his, and he has atender care for the doe and the young deer. Hemust always be on the alert. His attitude reminds one of Scotts antleredmonarch in The Lady of the Lake, which Like crested leader proud and highTossed his beamed frontlet to the sky ;A moment gazed adown the
. ... Landseer : a collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter. fe and charac-ter of the animal are transferred to the canvas as bya snap shot of the camera. The stag has heardsome strange sound or scented some new danger,and, mounting a hill, looks abroad to see if all is responsibihty of the herd is his, and he has atender care for the doe and the young deer. Hemust always be on the alert. His attitude reminds one of Scotts antleredmonarch in The Lady of the Lake, which Like crested leader proud and highTossed his beamed frontlet to the sky ;A moment gazed adown the dale,A moment snuffed the tainted gale. It is with a proud sense of ownership that themonarch surveys his domain. With head erect heseems to defy the whole world of sportsmen. Behindhim are piled the massive crags of the mountainpeaks, with the mist rising from the valley fog, so dangerous to the traveller, is a blessingto the deer, tempering the heat of the summer sunand hiding him from his enemy, man. It appealedto Landseer on account of its weiid sublimity, and. THE MONARCH OF THE GLEN 23 he liked to get the effect of it in his landscapes, espe-cially when illumined by a burst of sunlight. The Monarch of the Glen is a splendid specimenof his kind. The spreading horns above his headare like the boughs of an oak tree. We know fromthe number of branches that he is seven years horns are developed at the end of the firstyear, and every year thereafter are displaced by newones with an additional branch. The large ears are held erect as if the animal couldfairly see with them. His fine eyes scan the horizonwith a searching glance which misses nothing. Hissensitive nose detects from afar the approach of anystranger to his fastnesses. The end is always moist,in order that he may catch the way of the wind, asthe hunter catches it on his moistened finger. Hisneck is enchcled with a heavy mane, falling in abroad band, like the collar of a royal order. Hisbody is rath
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