SIR EDWIN LANDSEER, R.A. 6 1 



A. H. Baily & Co., Cornhill, contains four en- 

 gravings from pictures by Landseer, viz., " Glen 

 Fishie," painted in 1824 and engraved by 

 Thomas Landseer ; "The Pug," "The Mourner" 

 (a bull-dog), both engraved by J. T. Hixon ; 

 and "Browsing" (the head of a goat), engraved 

 by C. G. Lewis. 



The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1838 included 

 a picture of " Her Majesty's Favourite Dogs and 

 Parrot." This work may be said to mark the 

 beginning of the friendship Landseer was privileged 

 to enjoy with the Queen. In 1839 he exhibited, 

 among" other works, a portrait of Princess Mary 

 of Cambridge with a favourite Newfoundland ; the 

 dog sits by the Princess holding a bit of biscuit 

 on his nose and awaits the command to snap it 

 up. The portrait of Van Amburgh, the famous 

 lion-tamer, was painted under royal command. 

 Another portrait of Van Amburgh and his animals, 

 "as he appeared at the London theatres," was ex- 

 hibited in 1847, having been painted for the Duke 

 of Wellington ; this work is in the Apsley House 

 collection. Other exhibited pictures, painted for 

 the Queen or by special permission, are " Macaw, 

 Love Birds, Terrier and Spaniel Puppies," belong- 

 ing to Her Majesty (1840); "A Pair of Brazilian 

 Monkeys," the property of Her Majesty, and 

 "Eos, a Favourite Greyhound of H.R.H. the 



