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On Trust (Princess Mary of Cambridge with Nelson, a Newfoundland Dog)

July 8, 1876
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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