LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

13.98 in. (35.50 cm.) (height) by 62.99 in. (160.00 cm.) (width)

Condition:

unlined, held in the original gilt frame

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, 1837, no. 160; Liverpool, Academy of Arts, Autumn Exhibition, 1838, no. 48; London, Royal Academy, The Works of the late Sir Edwin Landseer R.A., Winter 1874, no. 437; Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery, Landseer and his World, 5th February - 12th March 1972, no. 47; Philadelphia, Museum of Art, Sir Edwin Landseer, 1981-1982, no. 42; London, Tate Gallery, Sir Edwin Landseer, 1981-1982, no. 42

Literature:

Atheneum, no. 497, 6th May 1837, p. 330; Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 7, Part 1, 1837, p. 629; Morning Post, 15th May 1837, p.66; Mrs. Jameson, Companion to the most Celebrated Private Galleries of Art in London, London 1844, p.325, no. 135; G. Waagen, Tresures of Art in Great Britain, London 1854-77, Vol. 3, p. 164; C. S. Mann, 'Annotated coy of the 1874 Royal Academy Exhibition Catalogue', V&A Eng MS 86 BB.19, London 1874-77, Vol. 2, p. 62; A. Graves, Catalogue of the Works of the late Sir Edwin Landseer, London 1874, p. 17, no. 198; Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures Belonging to the Marquess of Lansdowne at Lansdowne House, London and Bowood, Wiltshire, London 1897, p. 51 no. 205; J. A. Manson, Sir Edwin Landseer R.A., London 1902, p. 81; L. Errington, 'Monarchs of Glen Tilt', Conoisseur, Vol. 196, November 1977, p. 211, illus. pp. 210-211; R. Ormond, The Monarch of the Glen, Landseer in the Highlands, Edinburgh 2005, pp. 49-50, illus. pl. 43. ENGRAVED by J. T. Willmore, A.R.A. and C. G. Lewis.

Provenance:

Painted for Henry, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, Bowood House, Wiltshire; by descent to the present owner