Sir Edwin Henry Landseer ~ Animal Painter

(1807-73).  Landseer was an English animal painter who learned drawing from his father, John, the engraver and writer.  He also studied at the Royal Academy.  His work trended from a healthy animation to an anthropomorphism that sagged into unfortunate sentimentality.  His “Shoeing” (1844, Tate Gallery) and “Rout of Comus” (1843 Tae Gallery) exhibit his best style.  The four bronze lions at the base of Nelson’s monument in Trafalgar Square, London (unveiled 1867), are his.  He was elected Royal Academician (1831) and knighted (1850)

Reference:  The New Encyclopedia Britannica (Micropaedia) 

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