[Engraved by Charles Mottram, 1876.] [EL: artist's monogram.]
London Published June 20.th 1876 by Henry Graves & Co, the Proprietors Publishers to H.M. the Queen &, T.R.H. The Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall, Copyright Registered. [Published by Henry Graves & Co. Printsellers and Publishers to Her Majesty the Queen and T.R.H. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Pall Mall, London. Sold by D. Woodcock & Co., 17, Farringdon Street, London.]
Mixed method engraving, proof before letters on india. Printseller's Association Stamp. Artist Proof Edition, Limited to One Hundred Copies. Plate 406 x 502mm. 16 x 19¾". Uncut, few foxing marks.
A portrait of Quiz, a Maltese and the property of H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, alongside a St Bernard and mouse. The original picture, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1840, belongs to Her Majesty the Queen. From "Her Majesty's Pets being a Collection of Twenty Steel-Place Engravings from Paintings by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. By Special Permission of, and Dedicated to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen".
Ex Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23017]  £620.00