# Trophy of the Hunt

- By: Adolphe Braun (French, 1812–1877)
- Date: c. 1867
- Medium: carbon print
- Classification: Photograph
- Dimensions: Image: 78 x 59.8 cm (30 11/16 x 23 9/16 in.); Framed: 99.7 x 79.4 cm (39 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit line: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.144)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.144/1985.144_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Braun intended his extraordinarily large prints as affordable middle-class alternatives to the painted hunt scenes adorning the country houses of the European upper classes. Here he shows an array of game birds prized for their flavor and the hunting challenge they offer. The 19th-century versions, created by photographers and even some Impressionist painters, evoke a leisurely rural pastime that was becoming rare in an increasingly urban, industrialized France.