"Virginia Whitetail" by Edward J. Bierly, an artist signed and numbered print with matching stamp. It was the 1982 Deer Unlimited Print of the Year Stamp Print. Part of a 1500 S/N print release published by Swan Graphics, LTD, Chatanooga, Tennessee. It's hard to find vintage stamp prints like this one that are still in near mint condition, in their original folders, and have never been framed. Image size of the print is 6 1/2" X 9" and overall size, including the white border, is 12' X 14" About the Artist: Edward J. Bierly was born in Buffalo New York in 1920. His intense interest in nature, and natural ability to draw have shaped his life and his ambition to be a wildlife artist. From an early age he knew he wanted to be an artist. He spent all his available time drawing and painting. After high school, he saved up enough money to enter Pratt Institute in New York. World War II interrupted his plans, and he was drafted into the army. After serving four years in WW II and earning a Fine Arts degree from the University of Buffalo in 1949, Ed?s professional career began in the commercial art world as an illustrator. As an exhibits designer for the National Park Service in Washington D.C., he spent 14 years visiting wilderness parks, always adding to his knowledge of wildlife and its settings. This experience helped him to win the Federal Migratory Hunting Stamp (Federal Duck Stamp) design competition three times: 1956-57 American Mergansers; 1963-64 Brant; 1970-71 Ross' Geese. In 1970 he retired early leaving the National Park Service to devote full time to painting. He maintained a studio in northern Virginia on 25 acres of woods. As Ed said about his love for painting and wildlife, "To paint a deer in snowy woods you must recall the cold stillness and feel it again...If you do it right your viewers will feel it too.? His paintings have been reproduced in such magazines as National Wildlife, International Wildlife, Reader?s Digest and Virginia Wildlife and Bassmaster Magazine. Edward J. Bierly died in 2004.