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A Jack in Office, Edwin Henry Landseer, ca. 1833
Edwin Henry Landseer, portraitEdwin Henry LandseerBritish, 1802–1873

A Jack in Office

ca. 1833 · Oil painting · 50.2 × 66.1 cm

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Where is “A Jack in Office” now? Victoria and Albert Museum, Paintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries, London. Yes, on view now. Checked September 25, 2026.

Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

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About the painting

The title is a slang expression for a pompous government official. It is a pun on the principal character: a Jack Russell terrier. A critic described how 'the well-fed and much caressed dog…keeps others from testing the food of which he has had too much'.

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Accession number
FA.94[O]

What it shows

HumourDog

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PaintingsOilBritish paintingRomanticism19th centuryBritish SchoolGreat Britain

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