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Etching of rocky lakeside with a leaning tree, boulders, a coiled net in the foreground, and still water at right.

A sleeping dog by a lakeside. Etching after E.H. Landseer, 1820/1848.

An etching of a rocky lakeside with a gnarled, leaning tree trunk and bare branches above. In the foreground, a shaggy recumbent form lies among boulders beside a coiled net and a slender rod, while still water stretches right beneath dark, wooded hills.

Artist
Edwin Landseer
Date
[1848]
Medium
Etchings Genre prints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2624 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1848.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Perro durmiendo junto a un lago, aguafuerte tras Landseer

Un aguafuerte de una orilla rocosa de lago, con un tronco retorcido e inclinado y ramas desnudas arriba. En primer plano, una forma peluda echada entre rocas junto a una red enrollada y una caña delgada, mientras el agua quieta se extiende a la derecha bajo colinas oscuras y boscosas.

Português: Cão adormecido à beira de um lago, gravura após Landseer

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