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SIR EDWIN LANDSEER, R.A. 



(Born 1802. Died 1873.) 



PDWIN HENRY, third and youngest son of 

 -'-' John Landseer, was born at ^^, Foley Street, 

 then known as 71, Queen Anne Street East, on 

 7th March, 1802. The gifts which made him the 

 most popular animal painter of his own or any 

 other time were to some extent hereditary, and 

 were shared by some of his brothers and sisters. 

 His father attained to eminence in his department 

 of art, and was engraver to William IV. Thomas 

 Landseer, A. R.A., the eldest brother, born in 1795, 

 made a great reputation for himself as an engraver, 

 and contributed in no small measure to the fame 

 of Edwin. Charles, the second son, born 1799, 

 devoted himself to landscape painting, and became 

 a Royal Academician ; and Jessica, " born accord- 

 ing to her own statement on 29th January, 18 10" 

 {Dictionary of National Biography), inherited such 

 share of artistic talent as enabled her to exhibit 

 at the Royal Academy (10 pictures), the British 

 Institution (7), and at Suffolk Street (6). She 

 also etched two plates from works by her brother 



