A dead bloodhound lying on a rug next to a helmet and a loom. Coloured lithograph after E. H. Landseer.

There is more than a hint of rigor mortis in the dog's stiff legs, and a general decrepitude not inconsistent with death

The dog lies on a thick rug, a helmet and a medieval-style loom in the background

The picture represents Countess, a bloodhound belonging to Jacob Bell. After the dog's death, Bell took the carcass to Landseer to paint it

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 26.5 x 34.5 cm

R. Ormond, Sir Edwin Landseer, Tate Gallery London, 1982, p. 107-108

Wellcome Collection 40119i

After a painting "The sleeping bloodhound" (1835) by Landseer in the Tate Gallery London