Lion, a Newfoundland Dog is an 1824 oil painting by the English artist Edwin Landseer.[1][2][3] It portrays a variant of the traditional Newfoundland dog, now known as the Landseer dog due to its use in this painting and others by Landseer including A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society in 1831.
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| Artist | Edwin Landseer |
| Year | 1824 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait |
| Dimensions | 149.8 cm × 195.6 cm (59.0 in × 77.0 in) |
| Location | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
This work was commissioned by Lion's owner. The background depicts the Scottish countryside. Today the painting is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[4]
References
edit- ^ Manson p.52
- ^ Gray p.52
- ^ Roe p.192
- ^ https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69349/lion-a-newfoundland-dog-oil-painting-landseer-edwin-henry/
Bibliography
edit- Gray, Beryl. The Dog in the Dickensian Imagination. Routledge, 2016.
- Manson, James A. Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A.. W. Scott Publishing Company, 1902.
- Roe, Sonia. Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008.
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