Daoist immortal in the appearance of a young boy with flute, standing next to a deer, possibly representing Han Sang-ja (Chinese: Han Xiangzi).
This painting is part of a series of six paintings rendered in ink and colour on paper each depicting another immortal. In Korea, the immortals existed as individual subject for painting since the Goryeo period and were frequently depicted by professional painters and in folk paintings during the mid and late Joseon period. Immortal paintings of the Joseon period show individual immortals, such as the God of Longevity, sometimes accompanied by one or two boy attendants, or groups of immortals, such as The Eight Immortals. Each immortal has a distinct iconography that is related to the immortal's individual hagiography. The immortals usually appear in paintings alongside a variety of symbols and attributes. Of the six immortals depicted in this series of paintings, only one, Yu Hae-seom (Liu Haichan), can be identified (refer to OM-1987-0074 (D)). The other five figures share many characteristics with well-known immortals, however, they cannot be securely identified. Immortal paintings were appreciated for their symbolic meaning, the wish for a long, healthy and happy life, and, for this reason, were sometimes commissioned as presents for 60th birthdays.
All six paintings in this series were patched in the back and have folding marks. Some paintings have marks of pins used to attach it to the wall. Remnants of characters, written onto the paper or from re-used paper patches, can be seen on the back of some of the paintings. Each painting is signed "Danwon" (檀園) and sealed "Saneung" (士能). Danwon and Saneung are the sobriquets of Kim Hong-do (김홍도 金弘道; 1745–1806?).