Print Description
An English mastiff sits waiting at the door for it’s master.
Made by C. Lewis after Edwin Landseer.
Medium: Etching and engraving, hand coloured on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 32 x 23.7 cm (12.6 x 9.33 inch). Image size: 29 x 20.5 cm. (11.42 x 8.07 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Remains of tape from previous attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MASTIFF-AWAIT-RETURN-MASTER-DOOR | DPO-PCO-2-118
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Separately published print, published by Gebbie and Barrie (Philadelphia) ca. 1870 (estimate). The original painting is from 1834.
Biography engraver: Charles George Lewis (1808-1880) was an English engraver, who was trained in drawing and engraving by his father. Many of his best known works are after Edwin Landseer.
Biography artist: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873) was and English painter, well known for his paintings of dogs and horses. However, his best known works are these statues: the lions on Trafalgar Square.
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