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Waiting for the Countess

Engraver Charles Wentworth Wass British
1850
Not on view
A dog lies at the bottom of flight of stone stairs and looks up expectantly. The print is based on a painting that Landseer made for the Countess of Blessington, in her sale at Gore House, May 26, 1849. The Irish-born countess became the second wife of Charles Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington. After his death in 1829 she became a successful writer.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Waiting for the Countess
  • Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
  • Engraver: Charles Wentworth Wass (British, 1822–1905)
  • Subject: Relates to Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (Irish, near Clonmel, County Tipperary 1789–1849 Paris)
  • Date: 1850
  • Medium: Mixed method engraving on chine collé; proof before letters
  • Dimensions: Plate: 21 3/8 × 25 7/8 in. (54.3 × 65.8 cm)
    Sheet: 27 1/16 × 35 3/8 in. (68.8 × 89.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
  • Object Number: 47.30.63
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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