horlor | before the shoot
Before the Shoot (1849)
by
George William Horlor


horlor | before the shoot - detail
detail from Before the Shoot



Horlor (1823 - 1895) was a British painter known primarily for sporting and animal subjects.


Can I be 100% certain that the dog depicted in this work is a Landseer? No — especially since the horse in this painting is a pony, making the dog look larger than it otherwise would — but it's a reasonable enough possibility (given the range of appearance of "Newfoundland" dogs in the mid-19th Century) to merit inclusion here.




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