Landseer
SIR EDWIN, an English painter; born in London, England, March 7, 1802. He began to draw animals when a mere child; at 13 he exhibited at the Academy, and the year following became a student. Henceforward he exhibited regularly at the Academy and the British Institution. In 1826 he was elected A. R. A.; in 1830 R. A.; in 1850 he was knighted, and in 1865 he declined the presidency of the LANDSKRONA Academy. He took the very highest rank among animal painters. Among his best-known works are: "The Cat's Paw" (1824); "The Return from Deer- Stalking" (1827); "High Life, and Low Life" (1831); "Highland Drover Departing for the South" (1835); "The Return from Hawking" (1837); "The Shepherd's Chief Mourner" (1837); "A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society" (1838); "There's Life in the Old Dog Yet" (1838); "Laying Down the Law" (1840); "Defeat of Comus" (1842); "Shoeing" (
1844); "The Stag at Bay" (1846); "A Dialogue at Waterloo" (1850); "Monarch of the Glen" (1851); "Titania and Bottom" (1851); "Swannery Invaded by Sea-eagles" (1869); the celebrated work of sculpture, the Lions at the base of Nelson's Monument, Trafalgar Square, London. He died in London, Oct. 1, 1873. CHARLES LANDSEER (1799-1879), brother of the above, had a good reputation as a painter of subjects from English history and poetry. He was chosen Academician in 1845, and keeper of the Academy in 1851. THOMAS LANDSEER (1795-1880), brother; was celebrated as an engraver, and made many reproductions of his brother's works. JOHN LANDSEER (1769- 1852), engraver, father of the above.
He was elected associate engraver of the Academy, 1807; lectured on, and published several treatises on art.