Edwin Landseer, Folio of Six Childhood Etchings

Edwin Landseer (also known as Sir Edwin Henry Landseer) (1802–1873)

Folio of Six Original Etchings by Edwin Landseer: The Childhood Etchings of Sir Edwin Landseer R.A.”

Technical Details & Condition:

This solander folio of etchings is numbered 11 in a rare limited edition of only 80 copies, of which 75 were available for sale. The etchings were printed by Iain Bain at the John Boydell Press in Bristol, commissioned for The Heritage Collection, and published in 1974.

Included is an introductory section discussing Landseer’s early prints, accompanied by a collection of five original etchings printed from Landseer’s plates. An additional sixth print is included, sourced from a plate described as: “Hitherto unpublished studies … discovered under a crust of old printing ink on the reverse of the plate carrying Landseer’s earliest work (No. 1 in the set).”

Also included are promotional materials related to the folio, along with the original purchase receipt for GBP 88 at the time of publication in 1974. Each etching is hand inscribed in pencil with the edition number, “11/75,” and the plate number.

All the etchings are strong impressions and in near pristine condition—free from tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, or signs of handling. Only the external folio boards show minor signs of handling.

Dimensions:

• Folio case: 29 x 21.5 x 2 cm
• Individual sheets: 17.7 x 25.7 cm

Plate Lettering (for images reproduced here):

• Plate 4: “Edwin Landseer, del. & sculp. in his 10th year / London. Published Nov^r. 8^th. 1852 by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. 13 & 14 Pall Mall East.”
• Plate 5: “Edwin Landseer, del. & sculp. / London. Published Nov^r. 8^th. 1852 by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. 13 & 14 Pall Mall East. / 5”

Price & Shipping:

AU$397 (approximately US$263 / €224 / £196), inclusive of worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you're interested in acquiring this extraordinary set of etchings — created by the same artist who painted “The Monarch of the Glen,” one of Britain’s most famous paintings of the 19th century — when he was just a mere boy between the ages of eight and ten! Please feel free to contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I’m happy to send you a secure PayPal invoice to make the purchase simple and straightforward.

This folio has been sold

William Wise’s etching, “The Sleeping Bloodhound”, 1875, after Edwin Henry Landseer

William Wise (fl.1812–1876)

“The Sleeping Bloodhound”, 1875, after Edwin Henry Landseer’s (1802–1873) painting, “Sleeping Bloodhound”, exhibited 1835, in the collection of the Tate Gallery (inv. no. N00603; see: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/landseer-sleeping-bloodhound-n00603), published by Seeley & Co in London as an illustration to Philip Gilbert Hamerton’s (1834–1894) (ed.) art periodical, “The Portfolio”, 1875.

Etching on cream laid paper.

Size: (sheet) 24.3 x 29.1 cm; (plate) 17.8 x 21.2 cm; (image borderline) 15.5 x 19.8 cm.

Inscribed in plate with scratched lettering below the image borderline: (left) “W. WISE Sc.”

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “A dog lying asleep on a fur rug, with a plumed helmet behind to left” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1878-0511-169).

Sadly, the dog, “Countess”, is not sleeping as Landseer has portrayed her. Instead, Countess was dead at the time when Landseer painted her. I understand that she fell to her death from the top of a high balustrade and her body was taken to Landseer to see if she could be immortalised. Landseer completed “Sleeping Bloodhound” four days later (see “The Portfolio”, 1875, p. 65).

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression in near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains, foxing or signs of handling.

I am selling this superb etching after Edwin Landseer’s painting and possibly also after the engraving of the same composition by Edwin’s eldest brother, Thomas Landseer, for AU$187 (currently US$129.27/EUR126.89/GBP107.09 at the time of posting this print) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this sensitively executed etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Edwin Landseer’s proof state etching, “Woburn Abbey Game Card”, 1825

Edwin Landseer (aka [Sir] Edwin Henry Landseer) (1802–1873)

“Woburn Abbey Game Card”, 1825, proof before lettering and numbering from the series, “Landscapes with Hunting Dogs, Game and Hunters”, later published in London in 1848 by Ernest Gambart & Co (1814–1902) in “Etchings by Edwin Landseer”.

I understand that the six abutting images were used at Woburn Abbey by the hunting guests of John Russell (6^th Duke of Bedford) to record the number of their various “kills” with the tally inscribed in the space below the particular type of bird, rabbit or hare. I assume that the card on the far right, showing the Duke's hunting wagon on its way home, would be the space to show the guest’s accumulative score.

Etching on cream chine collé (China paper) on heavy wove paper with wide margins and a collector’s ink stamp (interlaced “CN” [not in Lugt]) at lower right corner.

Size: (sheet) 25.5 x 33.1 cm; (plate) 15.3 x 22.9 cm; (chine collé)14.7 x 22.1 cm; (image borderline) 13 x 21.8 cm.

Graves 100 (Algernon Graves 1874/1900, “Catalogue of an exhibition of the engraved works of the late Sir Edwin Landseer, comprising several private etchings by Her Majesty the Queen, H.R.H. the Prince Consort, and by the Duchess of Bedford, now on view at Messrs. Henry Graves & Co.'s Galleries,” London, Henry Graves & Co., p. 8, cat. no. 100; see https://archive.org/details/catalogueofexhib00grav/page/8/mode/2up).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print (not illus.):

“Second plate, with six small groups of game as headings, beginning on the left with a flying pheasant. 1825/ Etching on a sheet of chine collé” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1876-1014-349).

See also the description offered by the Rijksmuseum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.135436.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, losses, abrasions, significant stains or foxing.

I am selling this exceptionally rare proof state etching (before lettering and numbering for publication) executed by the hand of one of the most famous of the English animaliers—especially well remembered for his lion sculptures at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square—for AU$289 (currently US$214.82/EUR197.32/GBP165.30 at the time of posting this print) including) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this genuine Landseer etching (as opposed to the large number of prints after Landseer’s designs), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Edwin Landseer’s etching, “The Frog,” 1822

Edwin Landseer (aka [Sir] Edwin Henry Landseer) (1802–1873)

“The Frog” (aka “Dogs Worrying a Frog” [Algernon Graves’ title]), 1822, proof before lettering and dry stamped with the E Gambart & Co seal in the margin at lower centre, later published as plate 6 in a folio of 17 prints, “Etchings by Edwin Landseer,” by Ernest Gambart & Co (1814–1902) in London in 1848.

Etching on cream chine collé (China paper) on heavy wove paper with wide margins, blind stamped by the publisher.

Size: (sheet) 43.6 x 60cm; (plate) 16.4 x 22.6 cm; (chine collé) 16 x 22.3 cm.

Inscribed on plate: (lower-right corner) “EL/ 1822”.

Graves 57 (Algernon Graves 1874/1900, “Catalogue of an exhibition of the engraved works of the late Sir Edwin Landseer, comprising several private etchings by Her Majesty the Queen, H.R.H. the Prince Consort, and by the Duchess of Bedford, now on view at Messrs. Henry Graves & Co.'s Galleries,” London, Henry Graves & Co., p. 6, cat. no. 57; see https://archive.org/details/catalogueofexhib00grav/page/6/mode/2up).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“Two dogs playing with a frog they have discovered by a stream”

(https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1876-1014-340).

Condition: strong and well-printed impression. Beyond a spot verso (not visible recto) and a minor bump on the lower-right corner, the sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, losses, abrasions, significant stains, or foxing.

I am selling this exceptionally rare proof state etching (before lettering and numbering for publication) executed by the hand of one of the most famous of the English animaliers—especially well remembered for his lion sculptures at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square—for AU$389 (currently US$296.74/EUR247.34/GBP216.99 at the time of posting this print) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this genuine Landseer etching (as opposed to the large number of prints after Landseer’s designs), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Edwin Landseer’s etching, “The Eagle,” 1825

 

Edwin Landseer (aka [Sir] Edwin Henry Landseer) (1802–1873)

“The Eagle” (aka “The Eagle and Dead Red Deer” [Algernon Graves’ title [1874/1900]), 1825, plate 16 from the folio/series “Etchings by Edwin Landseer,” published by E. Gambart & Co (Ernest Gambart [1814–1902]) in London in 1848.

Etching on heavy wove paper with wide margins (as published), blind stamped by the publisher and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 34.5 x 50.9 cm; (plate) 17.5 x 29 cm.

Numbered and lettered on plate: (upper right corner) “No. 16”; (lower left corner) “London Published.22^nd, March 1848; by E.Gambart & Co, 25 Berners Street, Oxford Str[ee]t”; (within the hatched strokes of the image at lower left) “EL/ 1825”; (lower right corner) “The Eagle”.

Graves 93 (Algernon Graves 1874/1900, “Catalogue of an exhibition of the engraved works of the late Sir Edwin Landseer, comprising several private etchings by Her Majesty the Queen, H.R.H. the Prince Consort, and by the Duchess of Bedford, now on view at Messrs. Henry Graves & Co.'s Galleries,”  London, Henry Graves & Co., p. 8, cat. no. 93; see https://archive.org/details/catalogueofexhib00grav/page/8/mode/2up).

The British Museum offers a description of this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1876-1014-337.

Condition: well-printed, strong impression with the publisher’s (Gambart) blind stamp in the lower margin, laid onto a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. There is a closed tear in the upper margin and several marks (e.g. a 1 cm horizontal line/mark in the upper margin), otherwise the sheet is in a good condition with no holes, folds, losses, abrasions, significant stains or foxing.

I am selling this rare etching executed by the hand of one of the most famous of the English animaliers—especially well remembered for his lion sculptures at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square—for AU$320 (currently US$232.10/EUR196.52/GBP175.94 at the time of posting this print) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this genuine Landseer etching (as opposed to the large number of prints after Landseer’s designs), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold