Lion: A Newfoundland Dog

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V&A South Kensington
Paintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries

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

The Newfoundland is a large Canadian working dog, capable of drawing a sledge, and celebrated for its intelligence, docility and swimming power. The dog's owner, W. H. de Merle, commissioned this painting. The artist based the background on landscape seen in Scotland.

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Categories	Paintings Images Online Anthropomorphism Scotland
Object type	Oil painting
Title	Lion: A Newfoundland Dog (popular title)
Materials and techniques	oil on canvas Oil Colour Canvas Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description	Oil painting, 'Lion: A Newfoundland Dog' by Sir Edwin Landseer RA, British school, 1823
Physical description	Painting of Lion, a Newfoundland breed of dog, against a mountainous (probably of the highlands of Scotland) landscape. Oil on canvas.
Dimensions	Estimate height: 149.8cm Estimate width: 195.6cm Weight: 115kg Frame height: 194.5cm (Note: Frame sizes updated on July 2019) Frame width: 240cm Frame depth: 18cm Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style	British School
Credit line	Bequeathed by Mrs Ann de Merle
Object history	Bequeathed by Mrs Ann de Merle, 1894
Subjects depicted	Dog Landscapes (Representations) Mountains Natural Landscapes
Place depicted	Scotland
Summary	The Newfoundland is a large Canadian working dog, capable of drawing a sledge, and celebrated for its intelligence, docility and swimming power. The dog's owner, W. H. de Merle, commissioned this painting. The artist based the background on landscape seen in Scotland.
Bibliographic references	Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999. Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 152
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	852-1894

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Record created	November 6, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69349/lion-a-newfoundland-dog-oil-painting-landseer-edwin-henry/

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