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The Dog and the Shadow

Maker

After
(artist)
1802-1873

(engraver)
c. 1813/19 - 1889 (Life dates)

(publisher)

Title

The Dog and the Shadow

Date of Production

(c.) 1877

Medium

printed in black
wove paper
engraving

Dimensions

Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 31.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6134.19

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: T.O. //

Inscription: SIR EDWIN LANDSEER. R.A. PINX.T //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Label: THE DOG AND THE SHADOW. / A PIECE with so much depending on the landscape is rare in Landseer's / works, and no one who has followed with any care the changes increasing / years wrought in his style will hesitate before assigning to this picture / a comparatively early date; it was, in fact, painted in 1826. The care / evidently bestowed on such an elaborate landscape was never so spent ten years later. / A greedy cunning is well shown in the dog's eyes and attitude. (...) / This picture, exhibited at the British Institution in 1826, was presented to the / nation by Mr. Sheepshanks in 1857: it has not been otherwise engraved. //

Inscription: C. COUSEN, SCULP.T //

Inscription: THE DOG AND THE SHADOW. / LONDON: VIRTUE & Co. LIMITED. //

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