A Highland Breakfast

A Highland Breakfast

Edwin Landseer

1834

oil

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

A Highland Breakfast is a painting by Edwin Landseer. It's a genre scene. The painting depicts a scene in a bothy in the Scottish Highlands. It shows a woman breastfeeding her baby while dogs eat from a wooden bowl, drawing a comparison between human and animal behavior. To learn more about the artist's style and techniques, look up the artist: Edwin Landseer.

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