from a disbound copy of:
The Works of Sir Edwin Landseer' illustrated by steel engravings and woodcuts
from sketches in the collection of her Majesty the Queen.
With a history of his art-life by W. Cosmo Monkhouse
published by J.S. Virtue & Company Ltd, City Road, London, 1869.
Sheet size approx: 10" x 14" (255mm x 355mm)
Steel Engraved On heavy weight gilt edged wove paper.
Text page on medium weight wove paper.
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (7 March 1802 – 1 October 1873) was an English painter and sculptor
well known for his paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags. Landseer was a
notable figure in 19th-century British art, and his works can be found in Tate Britain
the Victoria and Albert Museum, Kenwood House and the Wallace Collection in London.
Landseer's popularity in Victorian Britain was considerable, and his reputation as
an animal painter was unrivalled. Much of his fame – and his income – was generated by
the publication of engravings of his work, many of them by his brother Thomas.