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George Morley (active 1832-63)
Dash 1833-35
Oil on canvas | 51.5 x 61.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 407531
In an exhibition, Kensington Palace
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Princess Victoria had recently acquired Dash. He was much loved, and when he died his epitaph read: 'His attachment was without selfishness, His playfulness without malice, His fidelity without deceit. READER, if you would live beloved and die regretted, profit by the example of DASH'.
Signed and dated: G. Morley. / 1833.Provenance
Probably presented by Sir John Conroy to Princess Victoria on her birthday, 24 May 1833; 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
51.5 x 61.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
67.4 x 76.3 x 3.2 cm (frame, external)
