Sir Edwin Landseer
1802–1873 · Romantisme et paysage
Biographie
Sir Edwin Landseer (1802–1873) fut le peintre animalier le plus célèbre de l’Angleterre victorienne et un favori de la reine Victoria. Il sculpta aussi les lions de Trafalgar Square à Londres.
Épisodes de sa vie
In the mid-19th century Landseer earned some £6,000 a year, more than the income of an average English country gentleman of the time. Much of Landseer’s fortune came from engravings of his best-known works. The copyright of 625 engravings of one of Landseer’s most famous pictures, The Monarch of the Glen (pictured), for example, brought him £540, while he was able to sell the original painting for only £95.
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