The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Egerton
c. 1853
Painter, British, 1802 - 1873
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 70.8 × 91.12 cm (27 7/8 × 35 7/8 in.)
framed: 101.6 × 121.92 × 11.43 cm (40 × 48 × 4 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2014.136.58
More About this Artwork
Sir Edwin Landseer, The Connoisseurs: Portrait of the Artist with two Dogs, before Jun 1865, oil on canvas, Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; (his estate sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 8-15 May 1874, no. 329, as The Duke of Devonshire and a Lady at the Door of a Mansion). (Henry Graves & Co., London).[1] Edward C. [d. 1915] and Mary Griffin [1855-1937] Walker, Willistead Manor, Walkerville, Ontario, and Washington; bequest 4 May 1937 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] See "Studies and Sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A.," Appelton's Art Journal, 1875: 66. The painting is referred to as The Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Cavendish.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
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French Gallery, London (according to the catalogue for the 1958 exhibition of the Walker collection).
Wm. Scott & Sons, Montreal (according to the catalogue for the 1958 exhibition of the Walker collection).
1958
A Selection of Paintings from the Edward C. Walker and Mary Walker Collection, Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario, 8-29 October 1958, no. 9.
Wikidata ID
Q46628319