The Retreat

Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73)

Source: “Studies and Sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.” (1875): 67

“Lent by H. W. F. Bolckow, Esq., M.P.”

The Advance

Formatting and text by George P. Landow.

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Art-Journal Commentary

We are indebted to H. W. F. Bolckow, M.P. for Middlesbrough, for the loan of the two drawings engraved here, under the respective titles of ‘The Advance’ and ‘The Retreat,’ and to Messrs. Graves'& Co., who hold a copyright in the originals, for permission to introduce them . into this series. Both of them were exquisitely engraved by Mr. Thomas Landseer, with others of a similar kind, for his brother’s own work, entitled “The Forest,” which was sold to Messrs. Graves for a very large sum; it is a publication no admirer of Sir Edwin Landseer should fail to possess, both for the interest of the subjects and the beauty of the engraver’s work. The original drawings, made in 1852, are perfect gems of water-colour painting, no larger than our engraved copies. In ‘The Advance’ we see a stag rapidly ascending a hill as if to meet an adversary in another lord of the forest; in "The Retreat’ one of the presumed combatants is retiring from the encounter amidst a heavy fall of snow: he pants as if in pain, moves slowly, and appears altogether crestfallen. [68]

Bibliography

“Studies and Sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.” Art-Journal (1875): 65-68. Hathi Trust version of a copy in the University of Michigan Library. Web. 23 March 2014

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