Lady Emily Peel with her Favourite Dogs

September 13, 1879

Not on view

A dark-haired young woman wearing a pale dress sits beneath a tree with two dogs. In front of the group is a broken vase and spilled roses. One dog has placed its forepaw on the woman's lap.

Artwork Details

Title: Lady Emily Peel with her Favourite Dogs
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)
Publisher: Knoedler and Co. , Washington
Sitter: Lady Emily Peel (British, 1836–1924)
Publisher: The Printsellers' Association, London (British, established 1847)
Date: September 13, 1879
Medium: Mixed method engraving; proof
Dimensions: Plate: 24 13/16 × 29 1/2 in. (63 × 75 cm)
Sheet: 26 7/8 × 33 3/4 in. (68.3 × 85.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.40.280
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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