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The Three Dogs
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1802-1873
(engraver)
1807-1876
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printed in black
wove paper
engraving
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Width: 31.8 cm
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Inscription: C. MOTTRAM. SCULP.T //
Inscription: THE THREE DOGS. / LONDON, VIRTUE & Co. LIMITED. //
Inscription: T.O. / t.o. /
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Label: THE THREE DOGS. / THERE are good reasons for supposing that this drawing is the result / of three distinct studies, though we must confess there is no direct / evidence to that effect. Drawn in 1842 or 1843, at a time when / Landseer was often engaged in making sketches of dogs belonging to / the Queen and the Prince Consort, it is quite likely to have been composed from three / such portraits. / The terrier and the sitting bloodhound have their attention fixed on a common / object, but the third dog is looking in a different direction. There is just the same / amount of watchfulness expressed in the eyes of all three; that is, if we allow the / less dignified terrier to be more excited in proportion than the solemn-looking hounds. / There is a certain contrast in placing the terrier in such company, though the / picture depends but little on it; such a contrast is fully worked out in the well-known / "Dignity and Impudence." The shrewd and cheerful terrier may be more pleasant / to us, and more of a companion, than the graceful animal which sits looking over his / shoulder. //
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