Edwin Henry LandseerBritish, 1802–1873Highland Music
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Highland Music” now? Collection: The National Gallery, London. Unknown.
London, United Kingdom
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Highland Music is an 1829 oil painting by the British artist Edwin Landseer. A genre painting set in the Scottish Highlands, it shows a bagpiper playing and accompanied by several dogs. The English Landseer had been visiting the Highlands regularly since 1824 and it featured prominently in his work. It is distinctly Romantic in style.
The painting was displayed at the annual London exhibition of the British Institution in 1830. It was acquired by the art collector Robert Vernon, who in 1847 donated it to the National Gallery as part of the Vernon Gift. Today it is in the collection of the Tate Britain in Pimlico.
Details
- Accession number
- NG411
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: The National Gallery — Edwin Landseer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
In the life of Edwin Henry Landseer
The whole life7 March 1802
Born
1840
A severe nervous illness
In 1840, in his late thirties, he suffers a severe nervous illness, now believed to have been a substantial nervous breakdown; for the rest of his life he is troubled by recurring bouts of melancholy, hypochondria and depression, often aggravated by alcohol and drug use, yet he never stops drawing.
1850
Knighted
Landseer is knighted by the Queen.
1866
Declines the presidency of the Royal Academy
Elected President of the Royal Academy, Landseer declines the invitation, and the position goes to Francis Grant.
July 1872
Declared insane at his family's request
In the last few years of his life his mental stability is problematic, and at the request of his family he is declared insane in July 1872.
1 October 1873
Died
