1819
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Ecorche drawing of the head of a greyhound is a 1819 by Edwin Landseer, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing is an anatomical study of a greyhound’s head by Edwin Henry Landseer, created between 1817 and 1821 during his teenage years. The work reflects Landseer’s deep engagement with animal anatomy, developed through formal study under surgeon Sir Charles Bell and dissection practice guided by artist Benjamin Robert Haydon. Part of a group of eight similar studies in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection, it demonstrates Landseer’s early mastery of animal form through precise écorché techniques. The drawing was later owned by Charles Mansel Lewis before entering the museum’s…
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Sir Edwin Henry Landseer was an English painter and sculptor, well known for his paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags. His best-known work is the lion sculptures at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.
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