The Lion-Dog of Malta—The Last of His Tribe
A portrait of Quiz, a Maltese terrier that belonged to Queen Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent. This print is based on a painting that the queen commissioned from Landseer the year that she ascended the throne, as a birthday present for her mother. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1840 and remains in the Royal Collection. The small white, long haired dog with a bell on his collar, sits on a table and rests one paw on the nose of a Newfoundland that rests its chin on the table. In front of the two are artist's tools, including a porte-crayon, brushes, pencils, a stump and quill pen, and a lump of bread intended as an eraser, that a mouse feasts upon.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Lion-Dog of Malta—The Last of His Tribe
- Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
- Engraver: Thomas Landseer (British, London 1795–1880 London)
- Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, 1788–1875)
- Publisher: Goupil et Vibert
- Subject: Related person Queen Victoria (British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight)
- Subject: Related person Victoria, Duchess of Kent (Coburg, Germany 1786–1861 Windsor)
- Date: 1844
- Medium: Mixed method engraving on chine collé; proof before letters
- Dimensions: Plate: 19 1/2 × 22 1/16 in. (49.5 × 56 cm)
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 25 3/8 in. (53 × 64.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Nicea Howard, 1952
- Object Number: 52.588.7
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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