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Princess Mary as a girl of six, wearing a velvet dress bordered with ermine, standing next to a large dog who balances a biscuit on its nose. Based on a painting now in the Royal Collection, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1839.
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Title: On Trust (Princess Mary of Cambridge with Nelson, a Newfoundland Dog)
Artist:
After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
Engraver:
William Henry Simmons (British, London 1811–1882 London)
Publisher:
Henry Graves & Co. (British, active 1827–1926)
Sitter:
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (German, Hanover 1833–1897 Richmond upon Thames)
Date: July 8, 1876
Medium: Mixed method engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 29 13/16 × 23 1/8 in. (75.8 × 58.7 cm)
Sheet: 37 5/8 × 27 7/8 in. (95.5 × 70.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.40.210
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