Highland Interior

1868

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A Scottish gamekeeper sits on an upturned barrel in a cottage and smokes, his feet on a pile of dead game as a girl brings him a steaming bowl. There are dogs at center and crockery and vegetables at left. A woman cooks over an open fire in the background. Based on a painting exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1831, the British Institution in 1832 and the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester in1857.

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Title: Highland Interior
Series/Portfolio: Etchings by Edwin Landseer published by Gambart & Co
Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
Engraver: Henry Thomas Ryall (British, Frome, Somerset 1811–1867 Cookham, Berkshire)
Publisher: E. Gambart & Co. , London
Date: 1868
Medium: Mixed method engraving
Dimensions: Chine: 26 5/8 × 30 11/16 in. (67.7 × 78 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.40.288
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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