Portrait of a Sambar Deer TruLife Acrylic Wall Art

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Indian sambar at Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan. We had been parked for over an hour watching a patch of scrub where a tiger was said to be lying up, and nothing came out of it. I turned round and found this stag standing a short way behind the vehicle, entirely still, watching us watch the bushes.

Sambar are the largest deer in Asia — a mature stag stands about 5 feet (1.5 m) at the shoulder and can weigh 700 pounds (320 kg) — and in Ranthambhore they are the tiger's principal prey. Their alarm call is what everyone in the park is really listening for; a sambar barking into the trees locates a tiger faster than any amount of watching does. The antlers carry three points to a side and are shed and regrown annually, among the fastest-growing tissue of any mammal — the ridging and wear visible on them is a single season's work.

A note on presentation: black-and-white landscape has traditionally lived on a matte surface, where tone and texture do the work. TruLife is glossy only, so this is the contemporary reading — dimensional and luminous — with the anti-reflective coating removing the glare that usually argues against gloss. A different object from a matte print, not a lesser one.

TruLife Acrylic — The top of the range, and the right choice for a dark frame: full glossy-acrylic depth with a museum-grade anti-reflective surface, so the coat keeps its texture against the darker ground behind it. Beyond the anti-reflective surface it carries superior UV protection and scratch resistance, the most durable of the acrylic options as well as the fullest.

Also available in: Standard Acrylic version · ChromaLuxe Metal version · Gallery Metal version · Fine Art Paper version

Made to order · Allow 3–5 weeks for production and delivery · Shipping charged at cost, never marked up · Shipping & Returns

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Indian sambar at Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan. We had been parked for over an hour watching a patch of scrub where a tiger was said to be lying up, and nothing came out of it. I turned round and found this stag standing a short way behind the vehicle, entirely still, watching us watch the bushes.

Sambar are the largest deer in Asia — a mature stag stands about 5 feet (1.5 m) at the shoulder and can weigh 700 pounds (320 kg) — and in Ranthambhore they are the tiger's principal prey. Their alarm call is what everyone in the park is really listening for; a sambar barking into the trees locates a tiger faster than any amount of watching does. The antlers carry three points to a side and are shed and regrown annually, among the fastest-growing tissue of any mammal — the ridging and wear visible on them is a single season's work.

A note on presentation: black-and-white landscape has traditionally lived on a matte surface, where tone and texture do the work. TruLife is glossy only, so this is the contemporary reading — dimensional and luminous — with the anti-reflective coating removing the glare that usually argues against gloss. A different object from a matte print, not a lesser one.

TruLife Acrylic — The top of the range, and the right choice for a dark frame: full glossy-acrylic depth with a museum-grade anti-reflective surface, so the coat keeps its texture against the darker ground behind it. Beyond the anti-reflective surface it carries superior UV protection and scratch resistance, the most durable of the acrylic options as well as the fullest.

Also available in: Standard Acrylic version · ChromaLuxe Metal version · Gallery Metal version · Fine Art Paper version

Made to order · Allow 3–5 weeks for production and delivery · Shipping charged at cost, never marked up · Shipping & Returns

The watermark shown here protects the online image only. Your print arrives clean.