Title is inscribed on stretcher on reverse: ‘Home of the Wild Deer, Muckross, Killarney.’
Painting depicts a Killarney landscape, with mist shrouded mountains in the background. In the left foreground four deer are depicted, one of which is drinking from the waters of a lake.
Artist: Alexander Williams (at lower right).
Born in Monaghan town in 1846, Williams was a versatile man, who was largely self-taught as an artist. In 1902 Lord Ardilaun granted Williams permission to paint in and around the Muckross Estate. He exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy between 1870 and 1930.
Williams’ work can be seen in collections including The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin and the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. He died in Dublin in 1930.
Oils on Canvas
61 x 107 cm
Framed: 80 x 128 cm