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Lot Essay
Landseer formed a close friendship with Charles Augustus Bennet, Lord Ossulston, later 6th Earl of Tankerville (1809-1899) during a visit to Glenfeshie in the Scottish Highlands in the company of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford.
Chillingham had been acquired by the ancestors of the Earls' of Tankerville in the 15th Century and was by the 19th Century famous as the home of the white Chillingham cattle. Landseer spent a great deal of time there sketching the cattle and deer on the estate. It would seem reasonable to assume that the present drawing entered the collection at Chillingham during one of the artist's visits to the house.
Chillingham had been acquired by the ancestors of the Earls' of Tankerville in the 15th Century and was by the 19th Century famous as the home of the white Chillingham cattle. Landseer spent a great deal of time there sketching the cattle and deer on the estate. It would seem reasonable to assume that the present drawing entered the collection at Chillingham during one of the artist's visits to the house.