Sir Edwin Landseer

Landseer, Edwin Henry Sir

British, 1802 - 1873

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Sir Edwin Landseer, The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Egerton, c. 1853, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Edward C. and Mary Walker Collection), 2014.136.58

The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Egerton

Sir Edwin Landseer · c. 1853 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.136.58

Sir Edwin Landseer, A Bellowing Stag, probably 1840/1850, pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper, Gift of William B. O'Neal, 1985.42.1

A Bellowing Stag

Sir Edwin Landseer · probably 1840/1850 · pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1985.42.1

Sir Edwin Landseer, Lion Defending its Prey, c. 1840, oil on paper on canvas, Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp, 2004.166.26

Lion Defending its Prey

Sir Edwin Landseer · c. 1840 · oil on paper on canvas ·  Accession ID  2004.166.26

Sir Edwin Landseer, Contending Group after Nature [A Lion Fighting a Tiger and a Leopard], 1822, pen and black and brown ink with gray and brown wash over graphite on laid paper, mounted, Gift of Connie Simmons and James D. Krugman, 2021.27.1

Contending Group after Nature [A Lion Fighting a Tiger and a Leopard]

Sir Edwin Landseer · 1822 · pen and black and brown ink with gray and brown wash over graphite on laid paper, mounted ·  Accession ID  2021.27.1

Two large dogs approach a man lying unconscious and mostly buried in the snow in this horizontal painting. The head of the man comes toward us, at the lower center of the composition, and the dogs are close to us. In the center of the painting, a large tan and white dog has short, glossy fur and floppy ears, and its jowly mouth hangs open with the pink tongue visible. It paws at the snow partially covering most of the body of the man, who wears an olive-green coat with a fur collar and white shirt. The dog looks up to our right, and its body and white-tipped tail recede diagonally into the picture to the left. There is a red blanket with black edging over the dog’s back, and the hound wears a wide, fur-lined silver collar ornamented with metalwork lions and bells. The second dog, a dark brown brindle color, sits to the immediate left of the first dog. It gazes down at the prone person and bends its head down to lick a bare pale, pink hand that protrudes from under the snow. The brindle dog wears a small barrel around its neck on a brown buckled leather collar. The man’s dark brown hair falls over the snow. His pale gray face is upward, and his shoulders are visible while his arms splay out, and the rest of his body, extending into the picture, is covered with snow. The man’s eyes are closed. His right hand, in a tan leather glove, reaches toward us from the snow, while a green velvet cap with a red ribbon lies under the hand. The scene is enclosed by large, angular, steel and blue-gray boulders and rock formations, with two craggy pine trees above. Beyond lies a mountain landscape with a V-shaped pass at the center top framed by the steep ascent of jagged, snowy hillsides and a sliver of blue sky. A blocky stone building is nestled in among the crags to our right. On a path leading from the building, three bearded men wearing black caps and robes hurry toward the dogs. The nearest of them holds up a staff with a cross on the top and waves or signals to the men farther back along the path.
Sir Edwin Landseer, Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler, 1820, oil on canvas, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2019.120.1

Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler

Sir Edwin Landseer · 1820 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2019.120.1

Sir Edwin Landseer, Study for "Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler" (recto); Study for "Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler" (verso), 1820, a) graphite and pen and brown ink on laid paper b) graphite on laid paper, The Helena E.M. Gunnarsson Fund, 2023.29.1.a-b

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

Sir Edwin Landseer · 1820 · a) graphite and pen and brown ink on laid paper b) graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2023.29.1.a-b

Sir Edwin Landseer, The Barn, pen and brown ink over graphite on two joined sheets of wove paper, Gift of William B. O'Neal, 1995.52.95

The Barn

Sir Edwin Landseer · · pen and brown ink over graphite on two joined sheets of wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.52.95

Samuel Cousins, Midsummer Night's Dream, 1856, mezzotint on laid paper, Paul Mellon Fund, 2001.118.8

Midsummer Night's Dream

Samuel Cousins · 1856 · mezzotint on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2001.118.8