The Dog and the Shadow (painting)

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The Dog and the Shadow
Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873) - The Dog and the Shadow - FA.89(O) - Victoria and Albert Museum.jpg
Artist Edwin Landseer
Year1822
Type Oil on panel, genre painting
Dimensions45.1 cm× 54.6 cm(17.8 in× 21.5 in)
Location Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The Dog and the Shadow is an 1822 genre painting by the British artist Edwin Landseer. [1] Produced near the beginning of the painter's career, it is inspired by "The Dog and Its Reflection" one of Aesop's Fables. [2] [3]

The work was displayed at the British Institution's 1826 exhibition at Pall Mall. [4] Today the painting is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, having been donated by the art collector Joseph Sheeksphanks in 1857. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Roe p.192
  2. ↑ Donald p.128
  3. ↑ "The Dog and the Shadow". 1822.
  4. ↑ Donald p.332
  5. ↑ "The Dog and the Shadow | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved Sep 14, 2025.

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