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Thomas Landseer
British, 1795 - 1880
Printmaker and writer, son of John Landseer. He first received instruction in engraving from his father and then studied under Benjamin Robert Haydon. He became one of the most gifted and innovative engravers of his generation, being particularly adept in the use of textural etching. Much of his career was taken up with reproducing the works of his brother, Edwin. Their first collaboration was as children, when in 1811 Thomas made an etching after Edwin’s drawing A Bull, Marked T. W., and he subsequently made prints after all of his brother’s most famous works, including Dignity and Impudence (1839; London, Tate; print 1841), the Hunted Stag (exh. RA 1833; London, Tate; print 1848), the Monarch of the Glen (c. 1851; London, John Dewar & Sons Ltd; print 1852) and Man Proposes, God Disposes (1864; London, Royal Holloway & Bedford New Coll.; print 1867). In all, he made more than 125 engravings after his brother’s paintings. He also produced original etchings, including the book Monkey-ana, or Men in Miniature (London, 1828), which was a series of illustrations parodying the vices of humanity. Other projects included Etchings Illustrative of Coleridge’s ‘Devil’s Walk’ (1831), Characteristic Sketches of Animals (1832) and The Natural History of Birds (1836). At the Royal Academy he exhibited both engravings and original works of art, but it was not until 1868 that he was finally honoured by being elected ARA. In 1871 he edited and published Life and Letters of William Bewick, Artist, a book about his former colleague and fellow pupil under Haydon.
Robert Upstone. "Landseer." In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, http://www.oxfordartonline.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/subscriber/article/grove/art/T049073pg2 (accessed May 1, 2012).
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