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The Child Saved. Or The Newfoundland Dog.

Date1857-1865

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/16 x 12 1/8in. (20.5 x 30.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 15/16 x 14in. (25.2 x 35.6cm)

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionA large black and white dog, identified in the title as a Newfoundland, holds the front of a child's dress in his mouth. The child clutches a large ring in the dog's collar in his left hand and a leafy plant in his right hand. The lower part of the child's body and the dog's forepaws are submerged in a pond or the edge of a deep stream. A toy boat is in the left foreground, near water plants. A woman is running across a grassy field in the left backgrund. She wears a dress and apron. Smoke issues from the chimney of a house behind her. A large tree with a broken branch is in the right background. High hills or mountains are in the distance.

Object number1950.202.43

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE CHILD SAVED. / or the Newfoundland Dog. / 115."

On verso, upper left, in red ink, "850". Lower right, in pencil, "Dwr 39" "Print / Box 7 / #52" accession number.

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