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A Fireside Party

Oil Painting
1829 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Landseer, Edwin Henry (Sir, RA) (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Great Britain (painted)

An oil p ainting showing five dogs warming themselves on a hearth.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Anthropomorphism
Images Online
Access_to_Images 2003
Object type
Oil painting
TitleA Fireside Party (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Oil Paint
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting depicting sleeping dogs entitled 'A Fireside Party' by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer. Great Britain, 1829.
Physical description
An oil p ainting showing five dogs warming themselves on a hearth.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 43.2cm
  • Estimate width: 54cm
  • Frame dimensions height: 47.5cm (Note: Measurement taken at frames cons on 26.06.19)
  • Frame dimensions width: 55.5cm (Note: Measurement taken at frames cons on 26.06.19)
  • Frame dimensions depth: 5.7cm (Note: Measurement taken at frames cons on 26.06.19)
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
British School
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subject depicted
Dogs (Animals)
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 141-142
  • p.69 Tom Ewart, Stephan Brakensiek ... [et al.] eds. Les animaux dans l'art Luxembourg : Villa Vauban, c2013. Description: 96 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 30 cm. ISBN: 9782919878024
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
FA.90[O]

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Record createdAugust 3, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126846/a-fireside-party-oil-painting-landseer-edwin-henry/
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