The Childhood Etchings of Sir Edwin Landseer R.A.: A Prospectus for Five Prints Taken from His Still Surviving Copper Plates : Etched Between His 8th and 10th Years C.1810-1812 book by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

Language: English

Published by IAIN BAIN at the JOHN BOYDELL, 1974

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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. 5 plates in mounts very good condition. Year 1974. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Sir Edwin Landseer, the centenary of whose death has recently passed, was without question the most popular artist of the Victorian era. He was born in 1802, the son of John Landseer an accomplished professional engraver who did much to promote the standing of his craft in the world of art and who is now remembered particularly for his series of lectures on 'The Art of Engraving' which he delivered in 1807. His sons, Edwin, Charles and Thomas were early introduced to drawing and to the technicalities of his trade. From a very early age Edwin was taken out sketching in the open fields of Hampstead Heath as well as to the menagerie at Exeter 'Change in the Strand. In the 1850s John Landseer reminisced of his son's youth: . it was a favourite walk with my boys, and one day when I had accompanied them, Edwin stopped by this stile to admire some sheep and cows which were quietly grazing. At his request I lifted him over, and finding him a scrap of paper and a pencil in.…

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Title
The Childhood Etchings of Sir Edwin Landseer R.A.: A Prospectus for Five Prints Taken from His Still Surviving Copper Plates : Etched Between His 8th and 10th Years C.1810-1812 book by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Author
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Publisher
IAIN BAIN at the JOHN BOYDELL
Publication year
1974
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
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