[Engraved by Charles Mottram, 1875.] [Inside plate: EL 1841.] [EL: artist's monogram.]
London Published March 22.nd 1875 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 439 x 534mm. 17¼ x 21". Uncut, foxing off image.
A portrait of a Skye terrier, the original crayon drawing belongs to Her Majesty the Queen, and hangs at Windsor. 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 The Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23018]  £520.00