Maternal Solicitude

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Maternal Solicitude depicts a doe with two fawns—one of which is dying—while a presumably hungry raven approaches. The painting's title suggests empathy for the deer, yet paradoxically artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait was an avid recreational hunter. During his long career, Tait specialized in creating mid-size, affordable animal paintings that were popular with private collectors. During the summer of 1861, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait and his companions shot and killed one of the last native moose remaining in the Adirondack Mountains in New York.

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