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Stag lying down

Maker

(artist)
1802-1873

Title

Stag lying down

Date of Production

(circa) 1849

Medium

pen and brown ink and brown wash on card

Dimensions

Height: 14 cm
Width: 21.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4118.1

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Label Text

In Landseer's most famous painting, The Monarch of the Glen, a monumental stag in solitary splendour represents untamed grandeur and the freedom of the wild. On a smaller scale, the wounded stag in this sketch points to the cruel or tragic forces which frequently overcome these noble creatures. In Victorian Britain, Landseer's heroic portraits of stags gained iconic status.

Provenance

Charles Russell, Kingsford; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 9 March 1949, lot 35; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£4, along with D.1952.RW.4118.2); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 30

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower right, graphite: "#7 / A".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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