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Sir Edwin Henry LandseerBritish School. A skilful painter of animals from the human point of view. LONDON, TATE GALLERY DIGNITY AND IMPUDENCE An old bloodhound of the Duke of Grafton's breed and a little Scotch terrier are sitting facing us in the same kennel-the latter in the righthand corner. Bequeathed by Mr. Jacob Bell in 1859. SHOEING THE BAY MARE A farrier is fitting a shoe on the near hind-foot of a bay mare in a forge. The mare is a portrait of " Old Betty," the property of Mr. Jacob Bell, for whom the picture was painted; she is standing in a way peculiar to her, and without a halter, as she would not tolerate one. Beside herapparently for companionship-are a donkey and a bloodhound, also portraits. Exhibited R.A. 1844, and at the Paris Exhibition, I855. Bequeathed by Mr. Jacob Bell in 1859. LAWRENCE (Sir Thomas), P.R.A., 1769-1830. British School. The most successful portrait painter of his time. LONDON, NATIONAL GALLERY A CHILD WITH A KID A little girl in a plain frock, bareheaded and barelegged, stands on a bank in the foreground of a hilly landscape, with a stream running through a valley. Her right arm rests on a tub; in the foreground to the right is a kid. Inscribed "Lady Georgiana Fane, 1800, aet. S." Exhibited British Institution, 1830. Bequeathed by Lady Georgiana Fane in 1875.
( Originally Publihed 1910 )
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