Not on display

The Dog and the Shadow

Oil Painting
1822 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil on panel entitled 'The Dog and the Shadow', depicting a dog at the side of a stream, peering into the water at a reflection of itself, with a red hankerchief in its mouth.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Dog and the Shadow (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'The Dog and the Shadow' by Edwin Henry Landseer. Great Britain, 1822.
Physical description
Oil on panel entitled 'The Dog and the Shadow', depicting a dog at the side of a stream, peering into the water at a reflection of itself, with a red hankerchief in its mouth.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 45.1cm
  • Approx. width: 54.6cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'EL [monogram] 1822 (Signed and dated by the artist, lower left)
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 141
Collection
Accession number
FA.89[O]

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Record createdApril 16, 2007
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