Study for "Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler" (recto); Study for "Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler" (verso)

1820

Sir Edwin Landseer

Artist, British, 1802 - 1873

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) graphite and pen and brown ink on laid paper b) graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    The Helena E.M. Gunnarsson Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21 × 31.3 cm (8 1/4 × 12 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2023.29.1.a-b

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

(possibly the artist's sale, Christie's London, 8 May 1874, lot 550; "Mount St Bernard Dogs: A sketch for the picture" ). (The Carroll Gallery, London, no. C2178). (sale, Christie's South Kensington, 9 December 2010, no. 1217; bought in). (sale, Christie's London, 8 December 2017, no. 297; bought in). (Martyn Gregory, London). (sale, Bonhams, 22 November 2022, no. 64); (via Karen Turner Fine Art, London)

Associated Names

Bibliography

2019

  • Brown, David, and Richard Ormond. Sir Edwin Landseer: Living Life Boats: Edwin Landseer's Alpine Mastiffs & A Rescue in the Alps. London, 2019: 69.

Inscriptions

none

Markings

none

Watermarks

IPING / 1802

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