Malcolm Eglin Antiques has dated this piece to the Victorian era.
Many, including this work, consist of commissioned, life-size 'portraits'; the rest are independent subjects, smaller in scale and usually with a narrative content. Here Landseer wittily contrasts the scale and character of a bloodhound called Grafton and a West Highland terrier called Scratch. Both dogs belonged to Jacob Bell, who commissioned the picture.
This painting has been done in the Victorian Period and is in a slightly disressed Victorian frame. It does not appear to be signed. It has a small mark or scratch to the canvas, as shown in the pictures but it does not distract from the painting, although it could benefit from a clean.
Dimensions areapprox. 28 inches by 22 inches.
Malcolm Eglin Antiques has dated this piece to the Victorian era.
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Dignity and Impudence. After Sir Edwin Landseer. Victorian
