Favourites, the Property of H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge
Date:
1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 49 1/2 inches (101.6 x 125.7 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.273
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
hawks | animal art | birds | dog (animal) | animals | horse (animal) | reins | whip | saddle | sporting art | stairs | feather | door | interior | property | hunting
Associated Places:
Europe | England | United Kingdom | Windsor Castle | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
Publications:
John Baskett, Paul Mellon's Legacy: a Passion for British Art: Masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, pp. 36, 293-294, no 109, fig. 10, pl. 109, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)J. Batty, Landseer's animal illustrations, Nimrod, Alton, Hampshire, England, 1990, p. 87, NJ18 L244 B27 1990 (YCBA)Christie's Sale Catalogue : 21 November 1986, Christie's, 1986, no. 29, Sales Catalogues (YCBA)Christie's sale catalogue: Catalogue of the Highly Important Collection of Pictures and Historical Portraits of the Early English School : 11 June 1904, Christie's, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, June 11, 1904, p.6, Lot 25, Fiche B51 (YCBA)Exhibition Catalogue. 1835. 67th., Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, no. 67, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1835, p. 17, no. 303, N5054 A53 v. 4 (YCBA)Algernon Graves, Catalogue of the works of the late Sir Edwin Landseer, dedicated by special permission to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen , Henry Graves & Co., London, 1874, p. 18, ND497 L26 G7 1874 (YCBA RARE BOOKS)Campbell Lennie, Landseer, the Victorian paragon , Hamish Hamilton, London, 1976, p. 97, NJ18 L244 L45 (YCBA)James Alexander Manson, Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A., W. Scott Publishing Co., London New York, 1902, WB 18411 (LSF - MUDD)Scott McDougall, Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A., G. Bell & Sons, London, 1907, J18 L239 903Sb (SML)John Guille Millais, The life and letters of Sir John Everett Millais, president of the Royal Academy, Methuen & co., ltd., London, 1899, NJ18 M61 M55 1899 (YCBA)Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 3, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Duncan Robinson, At home to sporting art : the Brick House, Essays of Friends of British Sporting Art, no. 33, The British Sporting Art Trust, Summer 1997, pp. 6,7, N8250 .B751 (YCBA)Frederic George Stephens, Memoirs of Sir Edwin Landseer, a sketch of the life of the artist : illustrated with reproductions of twenty-four of his most popular works , G. Bell & Sons, London, 1874, pp. 95, 153, NJ18 L244 S74 1874 (YCBA)Frederic George Stephens, Sir Edwin Landseer, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1881, Fiche N.4.2.572 (SML) Hard copy in poor condition availbale at LSF - WB 19504;Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 39, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
Prince George of Cambridge (1819–1904) was first cousin to the future Queen Victoria, and the only surviving grandson of George III and Queen Charlotte. As such, he was considered to be a close contender for the English throne. These animals, sensitively captured by Edwin Henry Landseer, the leading animal painter of his generation, belonged to George, who was fifteen when the painting was completed. The group includes a princely white pony, a trio of falcons, and two dogs—the larger one being a Newfoundlander, a breed that is also known as a “Landseer,” and of which Victoria herself was very fond. All three kinds of animals would have played important roles not only as personal pets but in George’s training in the gentlemanly activities of riding, hawking, and hunting. The royal residence of Windsor Castle can be seen in the distance, through the open door. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016