Edwin Landseer
Study of a Dead Heron

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Artist Edwin Landseer (English, 1802–1873)English, 1802–1873

CultureEnglish

Titles

Study of a Dead Heron

Datec. 1832–1833

MediumOil on wood

DimensionsPanel: 21 × 15 1/4 in. (53.3 × 38.7 cm)
Frame: 24 × 18 1/2 × 2 in. (61 × 47 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by James C. Flores at "One Great Night in November, 2010" in honor of the Little Pecan Island Partners

Object number2011.209

Not on view

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[The artist's studio sale, Christie's, London, 8-14 May 1874, lot 249]; Thomas Horrocks Miller (1846-1916); [his sale, Christie's, London, 14 July 1933, lot 33, purchased by Wilson]; Anonymous sale, April 1951, purchased by Robert Franks; Collection of Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, before 1968-after 1983; [sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 December 2009, lot 250]; [Otto Naumann Ltd.]; purchased by MFAH at One Great Night in November, 2011.
Exhibition HistoryFogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in ink on verso frame: 5905
Marked in ink on paper label: 1969

Printed labels on verso - see photocopies in Accession file:

"Robert Frank. / Paintings & Drawings / 4. St. James's Street, / London, L.W.G."
"Sir Edwin Landseer, / 1802-1873. R.A. A Dead Heron."
"Frances/ Hofer"

Printed labels with additional marks in ink:

"FOGG ART MUSEUM / LOAN / 17122.4 / HOFER"
"MARTINSPEED LIMITED / 7 GLASSHOUSE WALK, SE 11 / Telephone 020-7735 0566 / REF. / 1016 / ONE PAINTING BY LANDSEER / (STUDY OF A DEAD HERON) / ex RICHARD OSBORN / OTTO NAUMANN, NEW YORK"

Brass plaque on lower center frame: "SIR EDWIN HENRY LANDSEER, R.A. / (1802-1873)"

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