Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A.
Lot 237

After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A.

Too Hot

Closed19 September 2013

Price Realised

GBP 1,500

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After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A.
Too Hot
oil on panel
9 x 11¾ in. (22.8 x 40 cm.)

Thorntons, York, where acquired on 26 July 1954.

Specialist note

Also known as 'The Breakfast Party' the present painting depicts a young Highlander feeding his dogs one by one. The original painting was commissioned in 1831 by Lord Dover, and was exhibited as Too Hot at the British Institution in 1831. It is now in a private collection.

We are grateful to Richard Ormond for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.