# The Start of the Hunt

- By: American 19th Century
- Date: c. 1800
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 88.1 x 139.1 cm (34 11/16 x 54 3/4 in.) ; framed: 113.7 x 164.8 x 3.8 cm (44 3/4 x 64 7/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.42501.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/96394d47-b61d-4651-85c2-4452fde6ef99/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)