c. 1838-1839
The Faithful Dog
Richard RedgraveEnglish, 1804 - 1888
This heart-wrenching scene illustrates lines from the last stanza of William Wordsworth's poem "Fidelity" (1805), which recounts the plight of a loyal dog waiting beside the body of his master, who has slipped on ice and plunged down a ravine to his death.
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