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Sir edwin henry landseer,R.A.
1802-1873
Painter, draughtsman, sculptor and etcher, brother of (3) Charles Landseer. He became the best-known member of the family and was one of the most highly respected and popular British painters of the 19th century. He was first trained by his father, who taught him etching, and he then studied with Benjamin Robert Haydon and at the Royal Academy Schools in London. Precociously gifted, he drew competently from childhood and in 1813 he won the Silver Palette for draughtsmanship at the Society of Arts. In 1815 he exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time, showing some drawings of a mule and of the heads of dogs. From an early age he was a frequent visitor to the menagerie in Exeter Change in the Strand, London,
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Painting ID:: 25404
Sketch for Harvest in the Highlands (mk37)
Oil on panel
18x24 3/4in
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Painting ID:: 30690
Lady Blessingham's Dog
mk68
Oil on wood
London,
Victoria and Albert Museum
1832
Britain
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Painting ID:: 59522
Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer
Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer, 1851: the image was widely distributed in steel engravings
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Painting ID:: 59524
Windsor Castle in Modern Times
Windsor Castle in Modern Times (1841-1845)
Queen Victoria and her family at Windsor Castle.
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Painting ID:: 59525
Saved
Saved (1856)
Landseer's paintings of dogs were highly popular among all classes of society.
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Sir edwin henry landseer,R.A.
1802-1873
Painter, draughtsman, sculptor and etcher, brother of (3) Charles Landseer. He became the best-known member of the family and was one of the most highly respected and popular British painters of the 19th century. He was first trained by his father, who taught him etching, and he then studied with Benjamin Robert Haydon and at the Royal Academy Schools in London. Precociously gifted, he drew competently from childhood and in 1813 he won the Silver Palette for draughtsmanship at the Society of Arts. In 1815 he exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time, showing some drawings of a mule and of the heads of dogs. From an early age he was a frequent visitor to the menagerie in Exeter Change in the Strand, London,
. Related Artists to Sir edwin henry landseer,R.A.: | HALS, Dirck | James Gay Sawkins | William Hodges | Giacomo Francesco Cipper | marie suzanne giroust roslin |
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