High Life

August 1834

Not on view

A deerhound faces right, sitting by an armchair and cloth-covered table in a castle watching over over the chivalric accoutrements of its absent master. These include a 16th century helmet and breast-plate, a cup, books, a scroll and quill, two rapiers, a candlestick made out of an eagle's talon, hawking gloves and a bell. Based on a painting of 1829 now at the Tate Gallery, London.

Artwork Details

Title: High Life
Lithographer: Richard James Lane (British, Gloucestershire 1800–1872 Campden Hill, Kensington)
Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
Publisher: Ackermann & Co., London (British, active 1829–55)
Printer: Graf and Soret (London)
Date: August 1834
Medium: Lithograph on chine collé
Dimensions: Chine: 18 in. × 13 3/8 in. (45.7 × 34 cm)
Sheet: 26 3/4 × 19 7/8 in. (68 × 50.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.600.254
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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