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A dog sitting at left on a doorstep of a butcher's shop, a wooden chopping block, ladder, tankards and boots inside. Based on a picture exhibited at the British Institution in 1831. Intended to contrast with "High Life."
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Title: Low Life
Artist:
After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
Engraver:
Christopher C. Hollyer (British, active ca. 1863–ca. 1873)
Publisher:
Henry Graves & Co. (British, active 1827–1926)
Publisher:
William Schaus (American, 1821–1892)
Date: 1870
Medium: Mixed method engraving on chine collé
Dimensions:
Plate: 22 7/8 × 17 15/16 in. (58.1 × 45.5 cm)
Sheet: 27 11/16 × 21 3/4 in. (70.3 × 55.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number: 47.30.62
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