The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Egerton, c. 1853

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 70.8 × 91.12 cm (27 7/8 × 35 7/8 in.)

framed: 101.6 × 121.92 × 11.43 cm (40 × 48 × 4 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Edward C. and Mary Walker Collection)

Accession Number

2014.136.58

Artists / Makers

Sir Edwin Landseer (painter) British, 1802 - 1873

Image Use

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Provenance

The artist; (his estate sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 8-15 May 1874, no. 329, as The Duke of Devonshire and a Lady at the Door of a Mansion). (Henry Graves & Co., London).[1] Edward C. [d. 1915] and Mary Griffin [1855-1937] Walker, Willistead Manor, Walkerville, Ontario, and Washington; bequest 4 May 1937 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] See "Studies and Sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A.," Appelton's Art Journal, 1875: 66. The painting is referred to as The Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Cavendish.

Associated Names

Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Henry Graves & Co.
Walker, Edward C. and Mary Emma Griffin

Exhibition History

1958: A Selection of Paintings from the Edward C. Walker and Mary Walker Collection, Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario, 8-29 October 1958, no. 9.

French Gallery, London (according to the catalogue for the 1958 exhibition of the Walker collection).

Wm. Scott & Sons, Montreal (according to the catalogue for the 1958 exhibition of the Walker collection).