Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A.

Commissioned or purchased from the artist by Sir Charles Henry Coote (1794–1864), 9th Baronet, Ballyfin Demesne, Ireland, in 1822;

Thence by descent to Sir Ralph Algernon Coote (1874–1941), 13th Baronet, Ballyfin Demesne, Ireland;

By whom sold ('The Property of Sir Ralph Coote, Bart., of Ballyfin, Ireland'), London, Christie's, 7 May 1923, lot 283, for £17-17 to Marquison (?);

Peduzzi collection, Villa Peduzzi, Lake Como;

Thence by inheritance to Anna Maria Peduzzi (1912–1979), Bergamo;

From whom acquired by the parents of the present owner, circa 1970.

'British Institution Gallery', in The Examiner, no. 732, 3 February 1822, p. 75;

F.G. Stephens, The Early Works of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., London 1869, pp. 43 and 72;

J. Dafforne, Pictures by Sir Edwin Landseer, Royal Academician, London 1873, pp. 6 and 83;

F.G. Stephens, Memoirs of Sir Edwin Landseer, London 1874, pp. 64, 161 and 180, no. 163;

F.G. Stephens, Sir Edwin Landseer, London 1880, pp. 51 and 113;

A. Graves, Catalogue of The Works of The Late Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., London 1875, pp. 7 and 44, no. 58;

E.M. Hurl, Landseer: A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and A Portrait of the Painter, Boston and New York 1901, pp. xii;

S. McDougall, Bell's Miniature Series of Painters Series: Sir Edwin Landseer R.A., London 1903, pp. 8, 44 and 70;

A. Graves, The British Institution 1806–1867, a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from the foundation of the Institution, London 1908, p. 331;

R. Ormond, Sir Edwin Landseer, London 1981, p. 5 (as current whereabouts unknown).

ENGRAVED

Thomas Landseer (1795–1880), published by Henry Graves & Co., 1836 and 1847;

Alfred Clarence Alais (1838–1895), published by Henry Graves & Co., 1893.

London, British Institution, 1822, no. 94.