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Animal Paintings at Royal Holloway

Royal Holloway's Picture Gallery is packed with examples of Victorian animal paintings - including works by some of the most prolific artists of the subject. This tour offers an introduction to animal painters, and to animals in paintings, in the collection. Learn about some of our most important animal paintings - from the humble to the ambitious - some of which may surprise you.
16 mins
Introduction: Sympathetic Dogs and Lion-Skin Rugs

Introduction: Sympathetic Dogs and Lion-Skin Rugs

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1:31

Landscape with Cows and Sheep by Thomas Sidney Cooper

Landscape with Cows and Sheep by Thomas Sidney Cooper

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1:17

Evening, Driving Cattle by Constant Troyon

Evening, Driving Cattle by Constant Troyon

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1:10

The Carrier Preparing to Set Out by George Morland

The Carrier Preparing to Set Out by George Morland

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1:19

Trentside by Thomas Creswick

Trentside by Thomas Creswick

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1:22

The Drover's Halt, Island of Mull in the Distance

The Drover's Halt, Island of Mull in the Distance

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0:59

A Young Gillie with Setters and Dead Game by James Hardy the Younger

A Young Gillie with Setters and Dead Game by James Hardy the Younger

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1:05

Man Proposes, God Disposes by Edwin Landseer

Man Proposes, God Disposes by Edwin Landseer

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1:37

Applicants for Admission to a Casual Ward by Luke Fildes

Applicants for Admission to a Casual Ward by Luke Fildes

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1:51

Sympathy by Briton Riviere

Sympathy by Briton Riviere

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1:38

An Anxious Moment by Briton Riviere

An Anxious Moment by Briton Riviere

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0:57

The Babylonian Marriage Market by Edwin Long

The Babylonian Marriage Market by Edwin Long

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1:25

Credits

Researched and written by Dr Alison Wright, Art Collections Cataloguer.

Where you'll find this

Royal Holloway Picture Gallery

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