The Sentinel
A large dog lies across the step of an open doorway guarding his owner's cloak, hat and cane and a lapdog lying on a table behind. A small dog outside the door barks at the large one. The work portrays Lion and Dash, a St. Bernard and spaniel belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, and is based on a painting that Landseer exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1840 as "The Watchful Sentinel."
Artwork Details
- Title: The Sentinel
- Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
- Engraver: George J. Zobel (Austrian, 1810–1881 Brixton (London))
- Publisher: Henry Graves & Co. (British, active 1827–1926)
- Subject: Related to Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort (British, 1792–1853)
- Subject: Related to Emily Frances, Duchess of Bedford (British, 1800–1889)
- Date: June 15, 1874
- Medium: Mixed method engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 16 15/16 × 23 3/4 in. (43 × 60.3 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 27 3/4 in. (51 × 70.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
- Object Number: 47.30.9
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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