Landseer - Uncle Tom and his Wife for Sale

Two dogs embody characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Based on painting exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1857.Published by Henry Graves & Co in London in 1860. The original oil painting was completed in 1857. Sir Edwin Henry Landseer was an English painter, well known for his paintings of animals - particularly horses, dogs and stags. The best known of Landseer's works, however, are sculptures: the lions in Trafalgar Square, London. Charles Mottram (1807-1876)was an English engraver who produced engravings after Landseer, Rosa Bonheur and John Martin. Thin margins to platemark on right and left.