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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:: 84854
A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society
Exhibited 1838
Medium English: Oil on canvas, support
Dimensions 1,118 x 1,435 mm (44.02 x 56.5 in)
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Painting ID:: 94589
Windsor Castle in Modern Times, 1840-43 This painting shows Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at home at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England.
1840-1843
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 113.3 x 144.5 cm (44 9/16 x 56 7/8 in.)
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Painting ID:: 94590
The wild cattle of Chillingham, 1867
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Painting ID:: 94591
Laying Down The Law
1840
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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.: | Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel | Nesterov, Mikhail | Felix-emile Taunay | Manohar | Hills, Anna Althea |
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