A Fireside Party
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Benjamin Phelps Gibbon
British (1802 - 1851) Primary
After
Edwin Landseer
British (1802 - 1873) Secondary
A Fireside Party
1831
Print
Sheet
10.688 x 14 in. (27.146 x 35.56 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
2007.20.3
Acquisition Date:
Geography:
Europe, England
Classification:
Fine and Visual Arts; Prints
Culture/Nationality:
British
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- animal art - Works of art in any medium in which an animal or animals are the primary focus; includes real and imaginary animals.
- Canis - Genus of eight species of canids including dogs, coyotes, wolves, jackals, and dingos.
- Canis familiaris - Domesticated species of Canis, formerly believed to be descended from Canis lupus, gray wolves; however, recent studies suggest that gray wolves and domestic dogs instead have a common ancestor, now extinct. Dogs come in a variety of shapes, and sizes and over 400 distinct breeds. All domestic or feral dogs are descended from a single common ancestral species. For more than 12,000 years, it has lived with humans as a hunting companion, protector, and as herders and guardians of sheep, goats, and cattle. Today, dogs are employed as aids to the blind and disabled, or for police work. In Western art, dogs have generally come to symbolize faithfulness and loyalty, however, in other cultures they can symbolizes a varity of traits, ranging from unclean to seducer.
- prints - Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use the simple term "prints." With regard to photographs, prefer "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
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Dimensions
- Sheet Dimensions: 10.688 x 14 in. (27.146 x 35.56 cm)
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