SIR JOHN TENNIEL, R.I.
From a Photograph by
Messrs. BASSANO
Lent by the Artist.
The dog's head was added by Sir Edwin himself.
SIR EDWIN LANDSEER, R.A.
From the Painting by
Sir FRANCIS GRANT, P.R.A.
In 1825, Sir Edwin (then Mr.) Landseer was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, and five years later he attained the full honours, from which date might be chronicled a long and regular catalogue of pictures exhibited by him, year by year, either at the British Institution or on the walls of the Royal Academy. In 1850 he received the honour of Knighthood, and, at the death of Sir Charles Eastlake in 1865, was offered the Presidency of the Royal Academy,—a distinction which he could not be induced to accept. In 1871 a severe illness paralysed his powerful pencil; from this illness the artist never recovered, and two years later the mournful intelligence of his death was announced, his mortal remains being interred in St. Paul's Cathedral. In private life Sir Edwin was one of the most kind and courteous of men and warmest of friends,—qualities of mind and heart which endeared him to all with whom he came in contact.