Sketch in the Highlands
Romanticism
1837
19th Century
26.0 x 36.0 cm
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802 – 1873)
Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873): Explore the iconic British painter & sculptor famed for majestic animal portraits, especially horses and dogs. Discover works like 'Monarch of the Glen' & his Trafalgar Square lions – a key figure in Victorian art.
About this artwork
- Title: Sketch in the Highlands
- Artist: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
- Year: 1837
- Original dimensions: 26.0 x 36.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Creative period: Mature Period
- Corpus context: pastoral landscape themes , anatomical realism
- Main color: Driftwood
- Purpose: Mood
Quick Facts
- Notable elements: Man shearing sheep, dogs, grassy hillside
- Title: Sketch in the Highlands
- Subject or theme: Rural life and bond between humans and animals
- Artistic style: Realism
- Dimensions: 26 x 36 cm