Jessica Landseer
Jessica Landseer (* 1810 in London ; † 29 August 1880 in Folkstone ) was a British landscape and miniature painter and etcher .
Live and act
Jessica Landseer came from a family of artists. Her father was the engraver and scholar of antiquities John Landseer (1769-1852). Her siblings Thomas (1793–1880), Charles (1799–1879), Edwin (1802–1873) and Emma (1809–1895) were also active as painters and engravers. Jessica Landseer remained unmarried. Together with her sister Emma, she looked after the single brother Edwin for the rest of his life.
Between 1816 and 1866, Jessica Landseer repeatedly exhibited her landscapes and portraits at the Royal Academy and the British Institution . She made etchings based on the paintings of her brother Edwin Landseer.
literature
- William Cosmo Monkhouse: Landseer, Jessica, In: Dictionary of National Biography Volume 32, 1892, p. 68 ( Wikisource ).
- James Alexander Manson (1851-1921): Sir Edwin Landseer, RA London 1902, pp. 16-20 .
- Landseer, Jessica . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 107 .
Web links
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Individual evidence
- ↑ James Alexander Manson: Sir Edwin Landseer, RA London 1902, pp. 16-20 .
- ↑ * Landseer, Jessica . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 107 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Landseer, Jessica |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British landscape and miniature painter and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1880 |
| Place of death | Folkstone |