[Engraved by Charles Mottram, 1874.] [EL: artist's monogram.]
London Published Nov.r 5.th 1874 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 444 x 533mm. 17½ x 21". Uncut, mint.
An old Skye terrier given to the Queen by H.R.H. Prince Albert, on May 24.th 1842. The name Dandie Dinmont came from a character in Sir Walter Scott's 'Guy Mannering', this name was later given to the breed of dog now known as Dandie dinmonts. The original picture belongs to Her Majesty the Queen, and hangs at Osborne. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1854. 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: 23032]  £620.00