Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873), Painter
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Animal-painter; youngest son of the artist, John Landseer; entered RA schools, 1816; began to exhibit, 1817 gradually established himself with his animal pictures as the most popular painter of the age; designed the lions for the Nelson monument in Trafalgar Square.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.