Sitting for a Portrait

Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73)

Source: “Studies and Sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.” (1875): 229

“Lent by Frederick A. Millbank, Esq., M.P.”

See Art-Journal commentary below.

Formatting and text by George P. Landow.

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If Sir Edwin had been accustomed to make notes of his “experiences” on his travels and sketching expeditions, he would unquestionably have left behind him many very interesting and amusing stories, and we should probably have heard under what circumstances he became acquainted with the juvenile who is ‘Sitting for a Portrait.’ It must have been a sudden fancy— possibly from seeing the bairn so seated—that induced him to sketch her; or perhaps, in a humorous moment, he posed her thus gracehwrbr for an artistic joke: but whatever its origin, it is a very clever drawing—in lead-pencil. The head of a baby child is on the same sheet of paper. [227]

Bibliography

“Studies and Sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.” Art-Journal (1875): 225-28. Hathi Trust version of a copy in the University of Michigan Library. Web. 23 March 2014

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