A dog standing on a fresh grave looking mournfully. Lithograph after E. H. Landseer.

  • Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873.
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A dog standing on a fresh grave looking mournfully. Lithograph after E. H. Landseer. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The shepherd is mourned only by his faithful collie, who crouches in an attitude of grief

The freshly cut sods of the grave, the unfinished inscription on the headstone and the tools next to it indicate the recent death of the shepherd

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Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; image 31.7 x 44.4 cm

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Lettering

Studies in two crayons. After Sir Edwin Landseer.

References note

R. Ormond, Sir Edwin Landseer, Tate Gallery London 1982, p. 104

Reference

Wellcome Collection 40106i

Reproduction note

After a oil painting by E. H. Landseer "The poor dog" (also called "The shepherd's grave") (1829) (privately owned)

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