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The Friend in Suspense
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1802-1873
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1808-1880
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wove paper
etching and engraving
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Width: 31.7 cm
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Inscription: SIR EDWIN LANDSEER. R.A. PINX.T //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Label: THE FRIEND IN SUSPENSE. / THIS noble dog," says Jesse, speaking of the Newfoundland, "may be / justly styled the friend and guardian of his master;" none surely more / faithful, or so fully possessed of the instinctive desire to save human life. / By the drops of blood on the floor in this picture, the dog's master / must have been carried wounded through the room in which the scene lies to that / beyond. The earnest, piercing look in the dog's eyes is worthy of all admiration: / his is a noble sorrow nobly borne. Those who have the good fortune to possess an / animal of this kind cannot fail to notice how wonderfully real is the attitude in which / the dog is drawn. / "The Friend in Suspense" was painted in 1834, two years after "Waiting for the / Countess," with which we think it should certainly be contrasted. A large lithograph / by Jacob Bell, Esq., is in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen. There are / engravings by B. P. Gibbon, made in 1837, and by J. C. Webb, besides the work of / Mr. C. G. Lewis before us. //
Inscription: C. LEWIS, SCULP.T //
Inscription: THE FRIEND IN SUSPENSE. //
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