Alexander III of Scotland Rescued from the Fury of a Stag by the Intrepidity of Colin Fitzgerald.

About Alexander III of Scotland Rescued from the Fury of a Stag by the Intrepidity of Colin Fitzgerald

Alexander III of Scotland Rescued from the Fury of a Stag by the Intrepidity of Colin Fitzgerald is a 1786 history painting by the Anglo-American artist Benjamin West. It depicts a legendary scene in Scottish history in which the life of Alexander III of Scotland was saved during a hunting expedition from an attack by a stag by Colin Fitzgerald, who founded the Highland Clan Mackenzie. West was a noted American-born painter who settled in London in the 1760s and later went on to serve as the second president of the Royal Academy.