2-798-757 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Deer Shooting at Gotha - deer breaking through the chasseurs and keepers, 1845. Spectators watch from a pavilion as hunters with guns advance on a group of deer, near Gotha in Germany. 'For the Prince [Albert], the deer were too numerous, and must be killed. This was the German method; and no doubt the Reigning Duke will distribute them to his people, who will thank Prince Albert for providing them venison."' From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.