The Friend in Suspense
An English mastiff, propped on its front legs sits within an interior, looking intently at a closed door. Drops of blood on the floor and a feather torn from a hat suggest a recent fight during which his owner was wounded. Steel gauntlets indicate that the scene is set in in the seventeenth century. Based on a Landseer's painting of 1834.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Friend in Suspense
- Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
- Engraver: Charles George Lewis (British, Enfield, Middlesex 1808–1880 Felpham, Sussex)
- Publisher: Gebbie & Barrie (American, active 1873–80)
- Date: 1873–80
- Medium: Engraving and stipple
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 5/16 in. (26 × 33.8 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Hulda Smith, 1944
- Object Number: 44.106.77
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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