Edwin Landseer

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Edwin Landseer was a renowned 19th-century British painter and sculptor best known for his animal paintings and the iconic bronze lions in London’s Trafalgar Square.

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Edwin Landseer canonical 3
Edwin Henry Landseer 1
Sir Edwin Landseer 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf animal painter
human
painter
sculptor
artisticFocus depictions of animals in human-like situations
awardReceived Royal Academician
burialPlace St Paul's Cathedral
surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral
causeOfDeath illness
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1802-03-07
dateOfDeath 1873-10-01
educatedAt Royal Academy Schools
ethnicGroup English
familyName Landseer
father John Landseer
genre animal painting
givenName Edwin
influenced Victorian animal painting
knownFor Trafalgar Square bronze lions
surface form: Trafalgar Square lions

animal paintings
dog portraits
lion sculptures
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Academy of Arts
movement Romanticism
name Edwin Landseer self-linksurface differs
surface form: Edwin Henry Landseer
notableWork A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society
Dignity and Impudence
Trafalgar Square bronze lions
surface form: Lion sculptures in Trafalgar Square

Man Proposes, God Disposes
The Monarch of the Glen
The Old Shepherd’s Chief Mourner
Trafalgar Square bronze lions
occupation engraver
painter
sculptor
patron Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
surface form: Prince Albert

Queen Victoria
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London

Marylebone
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld Royal Academician
sexOrGender male
sibling Charles Landseer
John Landseer
surface form: Thomas Landseer
studentOf Benjamin Robert Haydon
title Sir
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

Scotland

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Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London lionSculptor Edwin Landseer
subject surface form: Nelson's Column
Landseer namedAfter Edwin Landseer
subject surface form: Edwin Landseer Lutyens
Landseer hasMiddleNameDerivedFrom Edwin Landseer
subject surface form: Edwin Landseer Lutyens
Edwin Landseer name Edwin Landseer self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Edwin Henry Landseer
William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire patronOf Edwin Landseer
this entity surface form: Sir Edwin Landseer