RARE Book 1880 Landseer Great Artists Dog Newfoundland

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1880 THE GREAT ARTIST Sir Edwin Landseer by Frederick G Stephens LONDON Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Neatly written, owners signature plus date 1881 on front blank page. This Hardback Cloth Covered Book is in Good Condition, minor wear to cover, small section of the book is loose from the index, staples are rusted INDEX is NICE some pages have not been cut ( from the printers ) at edge. 116 Pages to this Book, Measures 5 1/2" x 7 7/8" Front Piece Page Drawing of Deerhound's Heads Protected by Tissue Rare Landseer Dog, Dogs Worrying a Frog CONTENTS Page Origin of the Landseer family - Parentage of Edwin Henry Landseer . . . 1 Early life - Landseer's first studio - Etchings - First picture at the Royal Academy - Haydon's studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 A fully-developed painter - Early paintings - British Institution The Cat's Paw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 At St John's Wood - Chevy Chase's Return from Deer stalking - made Royal Academician (1830) - lassie herding sheep . . . . . . . . . . 58 Suspense - Highland Shepherd Dog - Bolton Abbey - Drover's departure Shepherd's chief Mourner - Dignity and Impudence - Otters and Salmon - The Sanctuary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Windsor Castle in the present time - Not caught yet - The Otter speared - Shoeing read more