Pekinese Dog

Chen-lin Shen, Chinese, 19th century

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late 19th century

Ink on silk

Overall: 7 × 9 7/8 in. (17.8 × 25.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. George Pettengill Jr., in memory of her sons, George Tilford Pettengill, III (1909-1944), Class of 1932 and William Van Horne Pettengill (1914-1952), Class of 1937

P.965.63

Geography

Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Painting

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed, lower left: Shen Chen-lin

Course History

Art History 34.02, Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages 62.03, Chinese Painting, Ziliang (Alex) Liu, Spring 2023

Studio Art 25.01, Painting I, Lucy Mink Covello, Winter 2024

Exhibition History

Director's Choice, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 10-July 10, 1966.

Japanese & Chinese Prints and Paintings, Lower Jewett Corridor, in conjunction with Asian Studies, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 22-March 21, 1982.

Provenance

Leila Pettingill, Washington, DC; given to present collection, 1965.

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