Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A.

William Wells, M.P., Redleaf, Kent (and sold: Christie's, London, May 10, 1890, lot 29)
Brown
Kenneth M. Clark, Sudbourne Hall, Suffolk (and sold: Christie's, London, February 22, 1918)
Messrs. Gooden & Fox
Sir J. Coleman
Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (and sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, December 5, 1975, lot 53, illustrated)
Jerry Stricoff (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, June 10, 1988, lot 158, illustrated)

London, Royal Academy, The Works of the Late Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., 1874, no. 4
London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1890, no. 4

Algernon Graves, Catalogue of the Works of the Late Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A., London, 1874, p. 13
Sir Walter Gilbey, Animal Painters of England from the Year 1650: A brief history of their lives and works, London, 1900, vol. II, p. 81

The panel is in excellent condition. UNDER UV: there are a few small area in the background which are repainted but the central figures are untouched, there is opaque varnish which hides full extent of inpainting. Excellent shape overall.
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