Laying Down the Law
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title:
Laying Down the Law
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Trial by Jury, or Laying Down the Law as it is commonly known, is an oil-on-canvas painting from 1840 by the English painter Sir Edwin Landseer, which satirises the legal profession. It depicts dogs in the roles of members of the court with a French poodle centre stage as the judge. The painting was inspired by a chance comment by a judge, while at dinner with Landseer, that the French poodle belonging to amateur artist and renowned socialite, the Count d'Orsay, "would make a capital Lord Chance
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1840 painting by Edwin Henry Landseer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laying_Down_the_Law
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2023-07-20T23:14:46Z
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