Animals in art, painted by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait who specialized in painting animals. Born in England in 1819, he later moved to America at the age of 31 where he died in Yonkers, New York in 1905.

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Doe and Two Fawns. 1882. British/American.  Oil on academy board. Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, painter (1819-1905). Signed A.F. Tait N.A. / N.Y. 82 on the lower right. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12769
Rabbits on a Log. 1897. British-American. Oil on canvas. Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, painter (1819-1905). Signed A.F. Tait / N Y [9]7 on the lower right. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12772
Maternal Solicitude. 1883. British-American. Oil on canvas. Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, painter (1819-1905). Signed ‘A.F. Tait. N.A./NY. 83 on the lower right. Image source: Christies. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Fitzwilliam_Tait_-_Maternal_Solicitude.jpg
Young Grouse. 1860. British-American. Oil on board. Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, painter (1819-1905). Signed and dated A F Tait / 1860 on the lower right. Inscribed on the verso: Number 163 / Young Grouse / A.F. Tait / Morrisania N.Y. 1860 Image © 2026 Santa Fe Art Auction LLC. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.santafeartauction.com/auction-lot/arthur-fitzwilliam-tait-young-grouse-1860_ec3482a8eb

Currier and Ives sold lithographs of many of his paintings including possibly some of these. Their lithographs were very popular and the market for them huge as nearly every American home had at least one hanging on the wall and many with more than that.

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