The Monarch of the Glen (painting) The Monarch of the Glen (painting) The Monarch of the Glen is an oil-on-canvas painting of a red deer stag completed in 1851 by the English painter Sir Edwin Landseer. It was commissioned as part of a series of three panels to hang in the Palace of Westminster in London. As one of the most popular paintings throughout the 19th century, it sold widely in reproductions in steel engraving, and was finally bought by companies to use in advertising. The painting had become something of a cliché by the mid-20th century, as "the ultimate biscuit tin image of Scotland: a
The Painted Skin a "faithful" adaptation of "The Painted Skin", released in 1993. Other film adaptations of the story include "Painted Skin" (2008), and its sequel "Painted Skin: The Resurrection" (2012). A television series based on "The Painted Skin", directed by Danny Ko, was first broadcast in 2011. In 2001, China Post issued commemorative "Liaozhai" postage stamps in Shandong, the birthplace of Pu Songling. Amongst the collection is one depicting a scene in "The Painted Skin"; others show scenes from entries such as "Yingning" and "Stealing Peaches". The Painted Skin "The Painted Skin" () is a short story by the Chinese writer Pu