The Forrester's Son

Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73)

1849

Source: “Studies and Sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.” (1875): 193

“Lent by His Grace the Duke of Westminster.”

See Art-Journal commentary below.

Formatting and text by George P. Landow.

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Commentary in the Art-Journal

We are indebted to the courtesy of his Grace the Duke of Westminster for the loan of several most characteristic and interesting sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, among which is that engraved on this page. In 1849 the artist exhibited at the Royal Academy a very charming picture. which he called ‘The Forester’s Family;’ it was either a commission from the late King of the Belgians, or was purchased by his Majesty, and it is now in the royal gallery at Brussels. The composition consists mainly of the forester’s wife, who has been cutting by the lake-side long grasses or fern, for the sake of which she is followed by a number of pretty fawns; she is preceded by her son, a stout little Highlander, carrying on his shoulders rather grotesquely a pair of huge antlers of a stag: our engraving shows the original study for the boy-who, however, is not seen as here represented, in full front, but rather sideways, a little in advance of his companions; in costume and every other particular the two figures are strictly identical. [193]

Bibliography

“Studies and Sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.” Art-Journal (1875): 193-96. Hathi Trust version of a copy in the University of Michigan Library. Web. 23 March 2014

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