Sir Edwin Landseer
(1802-1873), PainterSir 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.
by Richard James Lane, after Sir Edwin Landseer
lithograph, 1841
NPG D22523
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Queen Victoria
probably by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, after Sir Edwin Landseer
mixed-method engraving, (1842)
NPG D33626
Queen Victoria; Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia; King Edward VII
by Samuel Cousins, published by Henry Graves & Co, and published by Goupil & Vibert, and published by James Ryman, after Sir Edwin Landseer
mezzotint, published 1844
NPG D33593
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Thomas Landseer, published by Joseph Hogarth, after Sir Edwin Landseer
mixed-method engraving, published 1845
NPG D35055
Corisande Emma Harris (née Bennet), Countess of Malmesbury
by Richard James Lane, after Sir Edwin Landseer
lithograph, 1846
NPG D21687
Corisande Emma Harris (née Bennet), Countess of Malmesbury
by Richard James Lane, after Sir Edwin Landseer
lithograph, 1846
NPG D22254
by Henry Thomas Ryall, after Sir Edwin Landseer
stipple engraving, circa 1851
NPG D40463
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
by Richard James Lane, after Sir Edwin Landseer
lithograph, 1852 (6 August 1838)
NPG D21990
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
by Richard James Lane, after Sir Edwin Landseer
lithograph, 1852 (6 August 1838)
NPG D22172
by Henry Thomas Ryall, republished by Thomas Boys, and republished by Ernest Gambart & Co, after Sir Edwin Landseer
stipple engraving, republished 15 February 1853 (published 21 May 1851)
NPG D37155
by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by Rudolph Ackermann Jr, after Sir Edwin Landseer
lithograph, published 1 March 1856
NPG D22018
Queen Victoria; King Edward VII; Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by James Tilbitts Willmore, after Sir Edwin Landseer
line engraving, 1858 (1847)
NPG D33591
by Samuel Cousins, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Edwin Landseer
mezzotint, published 10 December 1867
NPG D37153
by Thomas Landseer, after Sir Edwin Landseer
line engraving, published 1869
NPG D31646
by James Scott, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Edwin Landseer
mezzotint, published 1882
NPG D8151
issued by Sarony & Co, after Sir Edwin Landseer
gravure cigarette card, 1923 (circa 1824)
NPG D48915
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