A Fireside Party—Pepper and Mustard (Dogs)

April 16, 1832
Not on view
Five "Pepper and Mustard" dogs lie by a fire next to the shoes, knife and wooden stool of their absent master. The scene takes place in a rough country abode in the Scottish highlands and is based on a Landseer painting of 1829.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Fireside Party—Pepper and Mustard (Dogs)
  • Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
  • Engraver: Benjamin Phelps Gibbon (British, Penally, Wales 1802–1851 London)
  • Publisher: Dominic Colnaghi , London
  • Publisher: Henry Leggatt & Co. (London)
  • Date: April 16, 1832
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 14 7/8 × 16 5/8 in. (37.8 × 42.2 cm)
    Sheet: 16 1/8 × 18 1/16 in. (41 × 45.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
  • Object Number: 47.30.12
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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