The Eagle's Nest
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The Eagle's Nest is an 1833 oil painting by the British artist Edwin Landseer featuring the nest of an eagle, with one bird calling to her returning mate. It was likely inspired by a visit Landseer had made to the Cairngorm Mountains in the Scottish Highlands.
Landseer displayed the painting at the annual exhibition of the British Institution in Pall Mall in 1834. It was acquired by the noted art collector John Sheepshanks. In 1857 he donated it to the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington as part of the large Sheepshanks Gift.
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Landseer seems to have painted this picture in the Cairngorm Mountains in Scotland. In 1851 a critic wrote that 'the grand melancholy solitude of the Highlands is well expressed, though the tone of the colouring is too heavy'.
Victoria and Albert Museum
