[Engraved by Charles Mottram, 1875.] [EL: artist's monogram.]
London Published Oct.r 28.th 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. 450 x 527mm (17¾ x 20¾"). Uncut, mint.
'Boz', Queen Victoria's skye terrier, with a rabbit. Boz was named after Charles Dickens' early pseudonym. He was purchased by Victoria a a present for her mother, the Duchess of Kent, in 1857, but joined the Royal houshold when the Duchess died in 1861. The original painting was exhibited at the British Institution in 1865 and now hangs at Osborne House, the Royal Residence on the Isle of Wight. 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 Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 23037]  £550.00