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Lot Essay
Landseer formed a close friendship with Charles Augustus Bennet, Lord Ossulston, later 6th Earl of Tankerville (1809-1899) during a visit to Glenfeshie in the Scottish Highlands in the company of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford.
Chillingham had been acquired by the ancestors of the Earls' of Tankerville in the 15th Century and was by the 19th Century famous as the home of the white Chillingham cattle. Landseer spent a great deal of time there sketching the cattle and deer on the estate. This work is probably an imaginary subject from the artist and has been dated to circa 1850s.
We are grateful to Richard Ormond for his help in preparing this cataglogue entry.
Chillingham had been acquired by the ancestors of the Earls' of Tankerville in the 15th Century and was by the 19th Century famous as the home of the white Chillingham cattle. Landseer spent a great deal of time there sketching the cattle and deer on the estate. This work is probably an imaginary subject from the artist and has been dated to circa 1850s.
We are grateful to Richard Ormond for his help in preparing this cataglogue entry.