Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873

LC control no.	n 80056887
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873 Landseer, 1802-1873
Associated country	Great Britain
Birth date	1802-03-07
Death date	1873-10-01
Place of birth	Marylebone (London, England)
Field of activity	Animals in art Drawing
Affiliation	Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Profession or occupation	Animal painters Artists
Found in	His Catalogue of the remaining works of ... Sir E. Landseer ... 1874. His Landseer's pet animal picture book, 1882. Ormond, R. Sir Edwin Landseer, c1981: CIP t.p. (Sir Edwin Landseer) ltr. from Phila. Mus. of Art 10/27/81 (b. 3/7/1803; docum. evid. that 1802 b. date incor.) Ormond, R. The monarch of the glen, 2005: p. 19 (Edwin Landseer; b. Mar. 7, 1802, Marylebone, London) p. 134 (d. Oct. 1, 1873) p. 137 (Mar. 7, 1803 b. date given in bapt. records of St. Marylebone Parish Church is an error and source of later confusion over year of b.) Edwin Landseer: the private drawings, 2014: page 2 of cover, etc. (Sir Edwin Landseer RA (1802-1873) was the foremost animal painter of his day; he also made elegant and witty drawings in pen and wash, sketched when he stayed with his aristocratic patrons or as a member of their group on extended holidays in the Highlands; born March 2, 1802 in London; he showed his first works at the Royal Academy in 1817 as an honorary exhibitor because he was below the age limit for regular contributors; he was elected an associate of the RA in 1826, becoming a full member in 1831; in 1840 he suffered a severe mental breakdown; for the rest of his life he was to be plagued by bouts of depression and instability, leading in the last year of his life to being certified insane; in 1857 he was selected to sculpt the lions at the base of Nelson's column; died October 1, 1873; he had been the best-known and best-loved British painter of his age)