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A large dog keeps watch in a doorway guarding his master's cloak, hat, cane and a lapdog, all of which lie on a table behind him. A small dog outside the door barks at the large one. Portraits of Lion and Dash, the Duke of Beaufort's dogs. Based on a painting shown at the Royal Academy in 1840.
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Title: The Sentinel
Artist:
After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
Engraver:
Thomas Landseer (British, London 1795–1880 London)
Publisher:
Henry Graves & Co. (British, active 1827–1926)
Publisher:
Goupil et Vibert
Dedicatee:
Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford (British, 1788–1861)
Date: June 18, 1844
Medium: Mixed method engraving and mezzotint
Dimensions:
Plate: 25 3/4 × 30 1/2 in. (65.4 × 77.5 cm)
Sheet: 28 15/16 × 38 3/4 in. (73.5 × 98.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Nicea Howard, 1952
Accession Number: 52.588.9
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