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

Sleeping dog by a lakeside, etching after Landseer

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

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