A superb oil on canvas painting after ‘Dignity and Impudence’ by Landseer. The work is an exceptional period copy of this well-known painting. The original was painted by Landseer in 1839 It features a bloodhound and a much smaller West Highland terrier, their sharply contrasting personalities reflected by the title. In life the dogs were named Grafton and Scratch and belonged to the chemist and politician Jacob Bell who commissioned the original picture. Landseer was the highest regarded animal painter of the Victorian age and Bell collected several of his works. The painting was displayed at the British Institution''s 1839 exhibition in Pall Mall and later featured at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857. It was donated by Bell to the National Gallery in 1859 and was later transferred to the collection of the Tate Britain. This is as fine a copy as I have ever seen and like most copyist works is not signed. It is in excellent condition with a very minor hole repaired. The ...