Landseer, Edwin Henry (1802-1873)

English painter, sculptor, and engraver of animal studies. Much of his work reflects the Victorian taste for sentimental and moralistic pictures, for example Dignity and Impudence (1839; Tate Gallery, London). His sculptures include the lions at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London (1857-67). He was knighted in 1850.