Oil paint on copper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-edwin-henry-landseer-323" aria-label="More by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Edwin Henry Landseer</a>
Duchess Abercorn and Child
Presented by Edwin L.MacKenzie 1914
Abercorn, Louisa Jane, Duchess of
adults
animals: mammals
baby
children
dog - non-specific
domestic
family
individuals: female
interior - non-specific
interiors
mother and child
named individuals
people
portraits
society
woman
<p>This is a version of a portrait Landseer painted in 1834. It was probably painted in 1836, the same year it was engraved for 'The Book of Beauty'. It shows Louisa Jane, wife of the first Duke of Abercorn, with the first of her fourteen children, Harriet, who was born in 1834. The Abercorns were among Landseer's most loyal patrons. He often visited them at their home in Surrey. He also made frequent trips to their hunting lodge at Ardvereike in Scotland. Landseer was an accomplished portraitist. He was also a master of the kind of sentimentality which the 'Book of Beauty' and other annuals specialized in. However, he is now chiefly remembered for his animal paintings.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint copper
14 April 2005 – 10 July 2005
2005-07-10
14 April 2005 – 10 July 2005
2005-07-10
2005-04-14
Royal Scottish Academy (Edinburgh, UK)
http://www.royalscottishacademy.org
2005-04-14
Landseer in the Highlands
Loan-out
The Duchess of Abercorn and Child
support: 542 × 432 mm
Presented by Edwin L.MacKenzie 1914
<p>This is a version of a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> Landseer painted in 1834. It was probably painted in 1836, the same year it was <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraved</span></a> for 'The Book of Beauty'. It shows Louisa Jane, wife of the first Duke of Abercorn, with the first of her fourteen children, Harriet, who was born in 1834. The Abercorns were among Landseer's most loyal patrons. He often visited them at their home in Surrey. He also made frequent trips to their hunting lodge at Ardvereike in Scotland. Landseer was an accomplished portraitist. He was also a master of the kind of sentimentality which the 'Book of Beauty' and other annuals specialized in. However, he is now chiefly remembered for his animal <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a>.</p>
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Abercorn, Louisa Jane, Duchess of adults animals: mammals baby children dog - non-specific domestic family individuals: female interior - non-specific interiors mother and child named individuals people portraits society woman