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Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Traveller

Artist and publisher Engraved and published by John George Landseer British
Engraver Partly engraved by Thomas Landseer British
June 3, 1831
Not on view
Two large dogs discover a man lying in the snow. One licks the unconscious traveller's hand to revive him while the other barks to summon monks who approach at right, their monastery seen in the distance. The print is based on a picture that Landseer exhibited at the British Institution in 1820 when he was just eighteen years old.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Traveller
  • Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
  • Artist and publisher: Engraved and published by John George Landseer (British, 1763/69–1852 London)
  • Engraver: Partly engraved by Thomas Landseer (British, London 1795–1880 London)
  • Date: June 3, 1831
  • Medium: Mixed method engraving on chine collé
  • Dimensions: Plate: 19 1/8 × 22 13/16 in. (48.6 × 58 cm)
    Sheet: 21 5/8 × 27 11/16 in. (55 × 70.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
  • Object Number: 47.30.61
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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