The Eagle's Nest (painting)

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.Collins p.205Ormond p.90Roe p.346 It was likely inspired by a visit Landseer had made to the Cairngorm Mountains in the Scottish Highlands.https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O80197/the-eagles-nest-oil-painting-landseer-edwin-henry/

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.https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-eagles-nest-31176

References

Bibliography Conrad, Peter. The Victorian Treasure-house. Collins, 1973. Ormond, Richard. The Monarch of the Glen: Landseer in the Highlands. National Galleries of Scotland, 2005 Roe, Sonia. Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008.