Iconic Scottish painting to be moved to National Gallery
It will be there for the first time in more than 160 years
One of the most iconic animal paintings in the world will be going on display at The National Gallery for the first time in more than 160 years.
The Monarch of the Glen, a large depiction of a stag created by Edwin Landseer, will be the centrepiece of an exhibition about the close connections between the 19th-century artist and the gallery.
It has been loaned by the National Galleries of Scotland, which acquired the work in 2017 following a public fundraising appeal.
The Monarch Of The Glen is to be displayed at the gallery this autumn for the first time since 1851, was commissioned for the Houses of Parliament in Westminster.
The exhibition will also include paintings and drawings connected with the lions that Landseer designed for Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.
It will highlight the artist's close relationship to Queen Victoria, who he taught etching and accompanied to the Scottish Highlands, and will include paintings and drawings by Landseer of Highland scenes "showing how he developed his distinctive approach to the representation of the stag as hero.''