Edwin Landseer was a London-born painter who showed at the Royal Academy at thirteen and became the best-loved animal painter of the Victorian age. His dogs, horses and Highland stags were reproduced in countless prints, and Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were among his patrons. The Monarch of the Glen is in the collection of National Galleries Scotland. He also modelled the four bronze lions at the foot of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, unveiled in 1867, and he was knighted in 1850.
© Francis GrantPublic Domain Mark Edwin Landseer
Animal painter and sculptor; The Monarch of the Glen, Trafalgar Square lions
- Born
- 7 March 1802, London
- Died
- 1 October 1873, London
Always on show
- Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
The Monarch of the Glen
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