Expectation, from "The Graphic"
After Briton Riviere British
Not on view
Rivière here offers us a pig's eye view of two eager sty-mates eagerly awaiting their next meal, brought by a girl who approaches with a bucket. The contrasted light and dark coats silhouetted against the varied textures of fence and wall enlivens the image and suggests that the subjects have distinct personalities. Rivière had painted historical dramas before beginning to focus on animals from the mid-1860s, taking a genre popularized by Sir Edwin Landseer in new directions. The painting related to this wood engraving was shown at the Dudley Gallery in the Egyptian Hall on Piccadilly in 1871, as the artist's reputation was rising (he would become an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1878, full Academician in 1881, and narrowly miss being elected President in 1896).
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