Dogs of St Bernard Rescuing a Traveller
William Dickes
- Art Funded
- 1931
- Bequeathed by
- Alfred Docker through The Art Fund
Monks approach to help at right with the monastery in the mountains beyond. The print is based on a work by Sir Edwin Landseer. It is one of a series of 1379 prints and drawings, mainly colour prints by William Dickes (1815-1842), to illustrate the history of colour printing in the 19th century. They cover various subjects such as Bible, History, Domestic Scenes and (especially) Natural History. With the exception of a few large single prints, they were generally published as book iIlustrations.