The Bride of Lammermoor

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Gallery 394, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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The Bride of Lammermoor

By 1830

Sir Edwin Landseer (English, 1802–1873)

Sir Walter Scott, the most famous British novelist of the early nineteenth century, constructed a classic rescue scenario in The Bride of Lammermoor, a romance of thwarted love, murder, insanity, and suicide. Sir Edwin Landseer imagined the moment when the hero, Edgar, rushes in to save the heroine, Lucy, whose red shawl has attracted an angry bull. Edgar, armed and dark, plants a victorious foot on the animal while glowering at Lucy’s father, his mortal enemy; Lucy, in white, swoons, unaware of the identity of her mysterious hero. Engraved as the frontispiece to Scott’s novel, this image was widely circulated.

Gallery 394, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

Object Details

Title:

The Bride of Lammermoor

Date:

By 1830

Artist:

Sir Edwin Landseer (English, 1802–1873)

Medium:

Oil on panel

Dimensions:

12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (32.4 x 24.8 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection in memory of Frances P. McIlhenny, 1986

Accession Number:

1986-26-281

Geography:

Made in England, Europe

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Gallery 394, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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