LANDSEER, Sir Edwin (1802-1873). Artist.
Card Signed ("E Landseer"), an engraved ticket, completed in manuscript in another hand, admitting Sir Thomas Lowe and his party of three to view Landseer's "Collection of Pictures" at 50 Pall Mall.
2 1/2 x 3 1/2 ins, 17 June 1847.
In the 1840's Landseer was at the height of his fame and success, producing many of his most celebrated animal pictures. The underlying cruelty of many of these pictures cannot be ignored, but it would be wrong to think of Landser as a sadist; he rather regarded the cruelty and tragedy of animal life as a sad reflection of the lot of man.
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