Les Chiens du S.t Bernard.
Landseer pinx. Marin Liavigne del. Lith de C. Motte.
Publié par Rittner & Goupil, 13 Boulevart Montmatre [n.d., c.1860].
Lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing paper. Sheet 415 x 480mm (16¼ x 19"). Backing sheet spotted.
A scene of two St Bernard dogs standing over and protecting a traveller lying beneath a pile of snow, with one of the dogs barking to alert three monks in the background. Further back is the hospice. This famous scene encouraged the myth that the dogs carried small casks of brandy on their collars.
[Ref: 60194] £120.00
Publié par Rittner & Goupil, 13 Boulevart Montmatre [n.d., c.1860].
Lithograph on chine collé, with printed backing paper. Sheet 415 x 480mm (16¼ x 19"). Backing sheet spotted.
A scene of two St Bernard dogs standing over and protecting a traveller lying beneath a pile of snow, with one of the dogs barking to alert three monks in the background. Further back is the hospice. This famous scene encouraged the myth that the dogs carried small casks of brandy on their collars.
[Ref: 60194] £120.00