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Sir Edwin Landseer

(1802-1873), Painter

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

Sitter in 22 portraits
Artist associated with 56 portraits
Landseer was one of the nineteenth century's most renowned painters and was reputed to have been Queen Victoria's favourite. He first exhibited his work at the Royal Academy in 1816 when only fourteen years old and went onto establish his reputation with a series of animal subjects, particularly horses, dogs and stags who were often shown parodying human behaviours. In 1858, the government commissioned Landseer to make four bronze lions for the base of Nelson's Column in nearby Trafalgar Square. Following a series of long delays and Landseer's ill-health, the sculptures were eventually installed almost ten years later in 1867.  

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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Bt, by Sir Edwin Landseer - NPG 391

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Bt

by Sir Edwin Landseer
oil on panel, circa 1824
On display in Room 17 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 391

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