The Prize Calf
A barefoot girl leads a prize calf across a brook, accompanied by a dog. The calf has a paper tied to its forehead that reads "No 1 / Prize Calf". Behind the figures there is a landscape containing cows, sheep, a rustic couple and a lake or loch. The print is based on a picture that Landseer exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1859.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Prize Calf
- Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
- Engraver: Thomas Lewis Atkinson (British, Salisbury 1817–1898)
- Publisher: Henry Graves & Co. (British, active 1827–1926)
- Date: January 2, 1871
- Medium: Mixed method engraving on chine collé; open letter state
- Dimensions: Sheet: 29 7/16 × 21 9/16 in. (74.7 × 54.7 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Margaret Crane Hurlburt, 1933
- Object Number: 33.83.4
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
ca. 1817–20
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Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
1871
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