LANDSEER, SIR EDWIN, an Eng lish painter; born in London, England, March 7, 1802. He began to draw ani mals when a mere child; at 13 he ex hibited at the Academy, and the year following became a student. Hencefor ward he exhibited regularly at the Acad emy and the British Institution. In 1826 he was elected A. R. A.; in 1830 R. A.; in 1850 he was knighted, and in 1865 he declined the presidency of the Academy. He took the very highest rank among animal painters. Among his best-known works are: "The Cat's Paw" (1824) ; "The Return from Deer Stalking" (1827) ; "High Life, and Low Life" (1831) ; "Highland Drover Depart ing for the South" (1835) ; "The Return from Hawking" (1837) ; "The Shep herd's Chief Mourner" (1837) ; "A Dis tinguished Member of the Humane Society" (1838) ; "There's Life in the Old Dog Yet" (1838) ; "Laying Down the Law" (1840) ; "Defeat of Comus" (1842) ; "Shoeing" (1844) ; "The Stag at Bay" (1846) ; "A Dialogue at Water loo" (1850); "Monarch of the Glen" (1851) ; "Titania and Bottom" (1851) ; "Swannery Invaded by Sea - eagles" (1869) ; the celebrated work of sculpture, the Lions at the base of Nelson's Monu ment, Trafalgar Square, London. He
died in London, Oct. 1, 1873. CHARLES LANDSEER (1799-1879), brother of the above, had a good reputation as a painter of subjects from English history and poetry. He was chosen Academician in 1845, and keeper of the Academy in 1851. THOMAS LANDSEER (1795-1880) , brother; was celebrated as an engraver, and made many reproductions of his brother's works. JOHN LANDSEER (1769 1852), engTaver, father of the above. He was elected associate engraver of the Academy, 1807; lectured on, and pub lished several treatises on art.