A Groom with Horses and Dogs 1843?
Fresco on plaster | 43.1 x 51.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 403057
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On an early photograph of this painting it is described as Landseer’s first attempt at painting in fresco. Fresco is a type of wall painting where paint is applied to fresh plaster. It was painted at Gwydir House in Whitehall. In 1843 a number of artists visited the house to look at the example Landseer had painted ‘merely to exhibit the care and freedom with which the (to us) new material may be worked upon.’
Provenance
Stated to have been given by the artist to Queen Victoria in 1843
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Medium and techniques
Fresco on plaster
Measurements
43.1 x 51.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
59.0 x 67.3 x 5.0 cm (frame, external)