The Great Exhibition, 1851: Death of a Stag by Debay

Photograph of a bronze sculpture depicting a young male hunter in the process of killing a stag. The hunter's dog bites the ear of the stag, and pulls the animal to the ground. The hunter is naked except for an animal skin over his left shoulder held in place by a scabbard. The sculpture is by Debay and was exhibited at the Great Exhibition.

This photograph is from Volume IV (RCIN 2800003) of ' Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851: Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was Divided'. The incredibly successful Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, commonly known as the Great Exhibition, ran from May to October 1851. At the exhibition's conclusion, over 100 copies of the four volume 'Reports by the Juries' were distributed to foreign governments and notable participants. The reports consist of the juries' comments and assessments of the works displayed in the exhibition. The idea and decision to illustrate the reports with photographs is attributed to Prince Albert (1819-61).