Art Appreciation Lecture Series 2015 Meet the Masters: Highlights from the Scottish National Gallery Sir Edwin Landseer’s Rent-day in the Wilderness, 1868 Alison Inglis 26/27 August 2015 Lecture summary: This lecture will examine Sir Edwin Landseer’s late work, Rent-day in the Wilderness, 1868. In addition to placing this painting in the context of Landseer’s career as one of the leading artists of the Victorian era, the lecture will also consider the work from a number of different perspectives, including the significance of the subject matter and the role of the patron; the shift from history painting to historical genre painting during the early nineteenth century; the influence of Sir Walter Scott on the depiction of Scottish subject matter; and Landseer’s reputation as a celebrated animal painter. Slide list: 1. Sir Edwin Landseer, The Connoisseurs, c.1865, oil on canvas, Royal Collection 2. Edwin Landseer, Rent-day in the Wilderness, 1868, Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Scotland 3. Sir Edwin Landseer, A Scene in the Grampians – The Drovers’ Departure, c.1835 Oil on canvas, V&A Museum 4. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Bart, c.1824, Oil on panel, National Portrait Gallery 5. John Millais, Diana Vernon, 1880, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Victoria, Felton Bequest, 1914 6. John Millais, The Bride of Lammermoor, 1878, Oil on canvas, Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives 7. Sir Edwin Landseer, A Scene at Abbotsford, c.1827, Oil on panel, Tate London 8. Stephen Pearce, Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1856, Oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, London 9. Camille Silvy, Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1860, Albumen carte-de-visite, NPG, London 10. Unknown artist, Colonel Donald Murchison, 1750-70, oil on canvas, Dingwall Museum Trust 11. Sir Francis Grant, Edwin Landseer, c. 1852, Oil on board, National Portrait Gallery 12. Sir Edwin Landseer, The Hunting of Chevy Chase, c.1825-6, Oil on canvas, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 13. Sir Edwin Landseer, after Sir Peter Paul Rubens,The Wolf and the Fox hunt, c.1825, Oil on board, Private Collection 14. Sir Edwin Landseer, The Death of the Stag in Glen Tilt, 1824-30, Oil on canvas, Blair Charitable Trust, Blair Castle 15. Sir Edwin Landseer, Scene in Chillingham Park: Portrait of Lord Ossulston (also called The Death of the Wild Bull), 1833-36, Oil on canvas, Private Collection 16. Sir Edwin Landseer, Bolton Abbey in the olden times, c.1834, Oil on canvas, Devonshire Collection 17. William Powell Frith, Coming of Age in the Olden Time, 1849, Oil on board, Private Collection Proudly sponsored by 18. J. A. D. Ingres, Henri IV playing with his Children, 1817, Oil on canvas, Musee du Petit Palais 19. Eugene Delacroix, Cromwell at Windsor Castle, 1828-30, Oil on canvas, Private Collection 20. Paul Delaroche, Cromwell before the coffin of Charles I, 1831, Musee de Beaux Arts, Nimes 21. Richard Parkes Bonington, Henry III of France, 1827-28, Oil on canvas, Wallace Collection 22. Sir Edwin Landseer, The Visit to the Falconer’s, c.1830, Oil on board, Private Collection 23. Eugene Delacroix, Self-Portrait as Ravenswood, c.1821, Oil on canvas, Musee du Louvre 24. Unknown artist, Charles Sheridan, Eglinton Tournament, c.1839, Oil on canvas, Royal Armouries Museum 25. Sir Edwin Landseer, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at The Bal Costume of 12 May 1842, Oil on canvas, Royal Collection 26. Daniel Maclise, Portrait of Sir Francis Sykes and his family, 1837 watercolour, Private Collection 27. John Millais, Effie Deans, 1877, Oil on canvas, Private Collection 28. Sir Edwin Landseer, Sir Walter Scott, c.1824, Oil on canvas, National Museums Liverpool 29. John Cross, Portrait of Jane Ryrie, 1853, Oil on canvas, State Library of Victoria 30. Robert Scott Lauder, Dick Tinto Showing Peter Pattieson his Sketch of the Bride of Lammermoor, 1847, Oil on canvas,Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 31. John Millais, The Order of Release, 1852-53, oil on canvas, Tate, London 32. William Joy, Flora Macdonald’s farewell to Prince Charlie, 1891, Oil on canvas, Aberdeen Art Gallery 33. John Pettie, Disbanded, 1877, Oil on canvas, Dundee Art Gallery 34. John Pettie, Jacobites, 1745, 1874, Oil on canvas, Private Collection 35. Peter Graham, After the Massacre at Glencoe,1889, Oil, National Gallery of Victoria 36. Sir Edwin Landseer, Flood in the Highlands, c.1845-60, Oil on canvas, Aberdeen Art Gallery 37. Sir Edwin Landseer, Man Proposes, God Disposes, 1863-64, Oil on canvas, Royal Holloway College 38. Sir Edwin Landseer, Coming events cast their shadow before them (The Challenge), c.1844, Oil on canvas, Duke of Northumberland 39. Ford Madox Brown, The Romans building a fort at Mancenion, 1879-93, mural, Manchester Town Hall 40. William Dyce (and C. W. Cope), Hospitality - The Admission of Sir Tristram to the Fellowship of the Round Table, fresco, incomplete in 1864 41. Sir Edwin Landseer, Monarch of the Glen, 1851, Oil on canvas, Private Collection 42. Edwin Landseer, Highlanders returning from deerstalking, c.1827, Oil on panel, Alnwick Castle 43. Edwin Landseer, The Bogwood Gatherers, c.1828, Oil on panel, Private Collection 44. Sir Edwin Landseer, Attachment, 1829, Oil on canvas, Private Collection 45. Sir Edwin Landseer, The Old Shepherd’s Chief Mourner, c.1837, oil on panel, V&A Museum 46. Sir Edwin Landseer, A Scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1848-51, Oil on canvas, NGV 47. Sir Edwin Landseer, 48. Windsor Castle in Modern Times; Queen Vicotoria, Prince Albert, and Victoria, Princess Royal, 1840-43, Oil on canvas, Royal Collection 49. Sir Edwin Landseer, Dignity and Impudence, c.1839, Oil on canvas, Tate London 50. Sir Edwin Landseer, Uncle Tom and his wife for sale, 1857, Oil on canvas, Tate London 51. Sir Edwin Landseer, A Random Shot, c.1848, Oil on canvas, Bury Art Gallery and Museum 52. John Ballantyne, Sir Edwin Landseer, c.1865, Oil on canvas, NPG London For access to all past lecture notes visit: http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/members/current-members/member-events/meet-the-masters/ Reference: Books or articles you have used in writing your lecture or that might be of interest to the audience. Ormond, R., Sir Edwin Landseer, Tate Gallery and Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981 Ormond, R., The Monarch of the Glen: Landseer in the Highlands, National Galleries of Scotland, 2005 Donald, D., Picturing animals in Britain, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2007 Strong, R., And when did you last see your father? The Victorian Painter and British History, Thames and Hudson, 1978 Lippincott, L. and A. Bluhm, Fierce Friends: Artists and Animals 1750-1900, Van Gogh Museum, 2005 Macleod, A., From an antique land: visual representations of the Highlands and Islands 1700- 1880, John Donald, 2012 .