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High Life

Engraver Henry Beckwith British
Printer H. Wilkinson British
1849
Not on view
This is a small variation of a print first published in 1834. Within a castle interior, a deerhound faces to the right, sitting by an armchair and cloth-covered table. Chivalric objects on the table point to the identity of the dog's owner and include a sixteenth-century helmet and breast-plate, a chalice, books, a scroll and quill, two rapiers, and a candlestick made from an eagle's talon, as well as hawking gloves and a bell. The print is based on a painting of 1829 now in the Tate Gallery, London.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: High Life
  • Engraver: Henry Beckwith (British, active 1830–1900)
  • Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
  • Printer: H. Wilkinson (London)
  • Date: 1849
  • Medium: Steel engraving on chine collé
  • Dimensions: Chine: 13 1/8 × 9 9/16 in. (33.4 × 24.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Walter H. Smith,1935
  • Object Number: 35.53.18
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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