Sir Edwin Landseer
(1802-1873), PainterSir Edwin Henry Landseer
Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 23 portraits
Artist associated with 57 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.
by Sir Edwin Landseer
pencil, 1818
NPG 4267
by Sir Francis Grant
sepia ink, 1852
NPG 436
by Sir Francis Grant
oil on board, circa 1852
NPG 1018
by Sir Francis Grant
oil on canvas, 1852
NPG 834
by John Ballantyne
oil on canvas, circa 1865
NPG 835
Sir Francis Grant; Sir Edwin Landseer
by Charles Bell Birch
pencil, circa 1870
NPG 2521
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax14822
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax17240
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax14821
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax28936
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x12145
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x12146
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax7328
'In remembrance of Sir Edwin Landseer' (Sir Edwin Landseer)
by Albert Mendelssohn, after Thomas Selby Cousins
albumen cabinet card, 1873
NPG x136661
published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132902
by Unknown photographer
albumen print
NPG Ax27719
by Alfred, Count D'Orsay, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published December 1843
NPG D32475
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph with some hand-colouring, probably circa 1843
NPG D46290
by Samuel Cousins, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Edwin Landseer
mezzotint, published 10 December 1867
NPG D37153
by Samuel Cousins, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Edwin Landseer
mixed-method engraving, published 10 December 1867
NPG D49858
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