Art
LANDSEER
(Sir Edwin Henry, 1802-1873, Animal Painter)
Early autograph letter signed with his florid monogram 'EL',
in his equally florid hand, here somewhat shaky, saying Come as soon as you possibly possibly can, as I am very unwell - not heard from W Caitlin Pray come Yours EL, Dinmont Street, (off Hackney Road, near Cambridge Heath), 1 side 4½ x 3½ red-edged and conjugate blank, 1817 altered by Landseer to
Item Date: 1818
faint traces of gum in corners of blank fourth side
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Background
Landseer had already exhibited at the Academy, as early as 1815. The corrected date suggests January and winter, when he was still 15.
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