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Too Hot To Hold
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1802-1873
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act. 19th century (Life dates)
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wove paper
etching and engraving
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Width: 31.9 cm
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Inscription: T.O. //
Inscription: SIR EDWIN LANDSEER. R.A. PINX.T //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Label: TOO HOT TO HOLD. / THIS little sketch is quite one of Landseer's own; nothing could be better / shown than the dog's checked rush, its attention entirely concentrated / on the streaming piece of meat, and the cautiously raised fore-paw. The / steam has only risen to a certain height, which shows the saucepan to / have just been turned over. / Those who will not allow reason to brutes assign importance to the instinctive, / nay, automatic, way in which a dog that has been scalded will for some time after reject / all hot things alike. In support of the other view of the question, Mr Wood, in his / "Man and Beast, Here and Hereafter," gives an anecdote of a little dog which, at its / master's bidding, took a penny off a red-hot bar of iron, and of its own accord then sat down to wait until the coin should grow cool. //
Inscription: S. ALLEN, SCULP.T //
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