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Thomas Musgrove Joy (1812-66)
Three Dogs: An Eskimo Dog, A Basenji from the Niger and Nelson, a Poodle Signed and dated 1843
Oil on canvas | 31.3 x 41.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406602
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An Eskimo dog had been given to Queen Victoria in 1843 by Captain Wemyss. In the list of dogs in Home Park Kennels, Windsor, in 1844 is Niger, an African dog brought back from the Niger expedition in 1842. A dog called Nelson is also entered, but as a Newfoundland, rather than a poodle.
Signed and dated: T. M. Joy. 1843Provenance
Painted for Queen Victoria; recorded hanging in the Kennels at Windsor Castle in 1878
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
31.3 x 41.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
44.8 x 55.4 x 3.5 cm (frame, external)
