The head and tail pieces are from Etchings by Edwin Landseer for the
GAME CARD at Woburn Abbey (1825).
CHRONOLOGY OF EDWIN HENRY LANDSEER.
PAGE
1802. Born at 83, Queen Anne Street East 16
1812. Studied at Hampstead 17
1815. Exhibited pictures at Royal Academy 28
Attended Haydon’s Studio 32
1818. Exhibited “Fighting Dogs” 42
1822. Received a premium of £150 from the Directors of the British
Institution 51
1824. First visit to the Highlands 55
1825. Took the house in St. John’s Wood 58
1826. Made Associate of the Royal Academy 60
1830. Made Royal Academician 62
1850. Knighted 93
1859. Received the Commission for the Lions for the Nelson
Monument 108
1860. Exhibited “Flood in the Highlands” 100
1866. The “Lions” were placed in Trafalgar Square 108
1869. The Swannery invaded 108
1873. Died October 1st 112
Buried in St. Paul’s, October 11th 112
[Illustration: DOGS WORRYING A FROG (1822).]
SIR EDWIN LANDSEER.
CHAPTER I.
ORIGIN AND PARENTAGE.
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