Cora (1821) by Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73). Source: “Studies and Sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.” (1875): 130. “Lent by Frederick A. Millbank, Esq. M.P.”

“'Cora’ was a favourite Labrador dog, whose portrait Landseer himself executed in lithography, in 1824; an engraving of it was afterwards published by Messrs. Graves & Co., under the title of ‘Keeper, a good dog in old times.’ She — Cora was a female — is here represented in an inn-yard, keeping careful watch over sundry articles of passengers' luggage, &c.; for a coach has stopped to change horses, and the travellers are, in all probability, having dinner at the roadside inn, as was not unfrequently their custom in the days of stage-coaches. Every part of the sketch shows a master-hand, though Landseer's was then quite youthful” (129-30).

Formatting and text by George P. Landow. [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the Hathi Trust and the University of Michigan and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document, or cite it in a print one.]

Bibliography

“Studies and Sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.” Art-Journal (1875): 129-32. Hathi Trust version of a copy in the University of Michigan Library. Web. 24 March 2014


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