THE
DOGS OF ST. BERNARD. 1860
![THE DOGS OF ST. BERNARD THE DOGS OF ST. BERNARD](baxter335_t.jpg)
The print is after a painting
by Sir E. Landseer, R.A. The original was painted in 1820, when
Landseer was only 21 years old, and was lent by him to Baxter so
that he might make his drawings. Sir Edwin Landseer was the most
popular artist of his time. He died in 1879. This is one of Baxter's
largest prints. It is also the last he printed before his retirement
in 1860. It shows two of the celebrated dogs rescuing a lost traveller,
while the monks are rushing from the hospice to help the person
lying in the snow.