Brechin c.1867-72

Oil on canvas | 55.1 x 77.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405457

Gilbert Sprague (1811-75)

Description

This is a copy by Gilbert Sprague of a pastel by Sir Edwin Landseer which had been drawn for Queen Victoria in 1872. Brechin had been Prince Albert's shooting pony.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Gilbert Sprague (1811-75)
(artist)

After
Search the collection Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73)
(artist)

Search the collection Winsor & Newton : 38, Rathbone Place, London
(artists' materials maker)

Search the collection British School
(nationality)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Oil on canvas

oil paint, canvas

Measurements

55.1 x 77.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)

72.5 x 94.3 x 7.7 cm (frame, external)
Groupings
Category
Paintings
Object type(s)
visual works
paintings
Subject(s)
Science, Medicine and Technology
Agriculture and related techniques
Animal husbandry
Horses
Ponies
Brechin (Horse)
Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
Game birds
References

Other number(s)

OMV : Millar, O., 1992. The Victorian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, 2 vols, Cambridge – OMV 442

Alternative title(s)

"Brechin", the pony belonging to the Pricne Consort 1859-1861

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