(b London, 7 March 1802; d London, 1 Oct 1873). Painter, draughtsman, sculptor and etcher, brother of (3) Charles Landseer. He became the best-known member of the family and was one of the most highly respected and popular British painters of the 19th century. He was first trained by his father, who taught him etching, and he then studied with Benjamin Robert Haydon and at the Royal Academy Schools in London. Precociously gifted, he drew competently from childhood and in 1813 he won the Silver Palette for draughtsmanship at the Society of Arts. In 1815 he exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time, showing some drawings of a mule and of the heads of dogs. From an early age he was a frequent visitor to the menagerie in Exeter Change in the Strand, London, where he drew lions, monkeys and other animals. Animals remained the main subject of his art, and Haydon encouraged him to study their anatomy through dissection.

Part of the Landseer family

• Landseer, Edwin (Henry)
  • Hanover, House of
  • Landseer
  • dealers
    • Agnew, Thos, & Sons
    • Gambart, Ernest
  • groups and movements
    • Romanticism, §3(ii): Manifestations in art: Painting
  • patrons and collectors
    • Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-61)
      • Hanover: (7) Prince Albert
    • Bicknell, Elhanan
      • Bicknell, Elhanan
    • Cavendish, William Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858)
      • Cavendish: (5) William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
    • Holloway, Thomas
      • Holloway, Thomas
    • Percy, Algernon, 4th Duke of Northumberland
      • Percy: (4) Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland
    • Russell, John, 6th Duke of Bedford
      • Russell: (4) John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
    • Sheepshanks, John
      • Sheepshanks, John
    • Tate, Henry
      • Tate, Henry
    • Victoria, Queen of Great Britain (reg 1837-1901)
      • England, §XII, 5: Patronage, after c 1800
      • Hanover: (6) Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Empress of India
    • Wells, William (i) (1768-1847)
      • Wells, William
  • pupils
    • Lutyens, Edwin, §1: Life and work
  • reproductive prints by others
    • Reproduction of works of art, §2(iii): 19th century
    • Atkinson, Thomas Lewis
      • Atkinson, Thomas Lewis
    • Cousins, Samuel
      • Cousins, Samuel
    • Finden, William
      • Finden
    • Graves, Robert
      • Graves, Robert
    • Hollyer, Frederick
      • Hollyer, Frederick
    • Jackson, John Richardson
      • Jackson, John Richardson
    • Landseer, John (George)
      • Landseer: (1) John Landseer
    • Landseer, Thomas
      • Landseer: (2) Thomas Landseer
    • Lewis (i), Charles George (1808-80)
      • Lewis (i)
    • Mottram, Charles
      • Mottram, Charles
    • Periam, George August
      • Periam, George August
    • Robinson, John Henry
      • Robinson, John Henry
    • Ryall, Henry Thomas
      • Ryall, Henry Thomas
    • Tomkins, Charles Algernon
      • Tomkins, Charles John
  • teachers
    • Füssli: (3) Henry Fuseli, §1: Life and work
    • Haydon, Benjamin Robert
  • works
    • Animal subjects, §4: 19th century and after
    • England, §III, 4: Painting and graphic arts, c 1830–c 1855
    • England, §IX, 1(v): Gold and silver, 1781–1895
    • Sporting scenes, §4(ii): 18th and 19th centuries: Romantic painters