'Dash' a Spaniel
Charles Henry Schwanfelder (Leeds 1774 – London 1837)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1819 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
650 x 840 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290290
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'Dash' a Spaniel by Charles Henry Schwanfelder (Leeds 1774 – London 1837), signed and dated :Charles Henry Schwanfelder, 1819. A white and brown spaniel running in a landscape, twigs and grasses under its feet. An inscription on the back reads, 'This picture is the portrait of Miss Stables' dog 'Dash' and was painted in 1819 by Mr Schwanfelder. He was paid £15. 15/-.'
Provenance
Commissioned from the artist in 1819 and by descent until acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1985)
Marks and inscriptions
This picture is the portrait of Miss Stables' dog 'Dash' and was painted in 1819 by Mr Schwanfelder. He was paid £15. 15/-. (inscribed on the back)
Makers and roles
Charles Henry Schwanfelder (Leeds 1774 – London 1837), artist