Antique "In the Glen" by Sir Edwin Landseer engraving

“In the Glen” by Sir Edwin Landseer 1876 engraving
Medium: Antique Steel Engraving on wove paper after the original sketch by Master Engraver Charles George Lewis (1808-1880).

This beauty is not a modern print. This impression is over than 135 years old with sharp lines and crisp strike. Perfect addition to your walls! Good condition- no tears. Some signs of age with discoloration/folding (please refer to pictures).

Artist Biography:
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer was an English painter, well known for his paintings of animals—particularly horses, dogs and stags. However, his best known works are the lion sculptures in Trafalgar Square. Landseer was born in London, the son of the engraver John Landseer A.R.A. He was something of a prodigy whose artistic talents were recognised early on. He studied under several artists, including his father, and the history painter Benjamin Robert Haydon, who encouraged the young Landseer to perform dissections in order to fully understand animal musculature and skeletal structure. Landseer's life was entwined with the Royal Academy. At the age of just 13, in 1815, he exhibited works there. He was elected an Associate at the age of 24, and an Academician five years later in 1831. He was knighted in 1850, and although elected President in 1866 he declined the invitation. In his late 30s Landseer suffered what is now believed to be a substantial nervous breakdown, and for the rest of his life was troubled by recurring bouts of melancholy, hypochondria, and depression, often aggravated by alcohol and drug use. In the last few years of his life Landseer's mental stability was problematic, and at the request of his family he was declared insane in July 1872.

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