1847
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Print Collection is a 1847 by Edwin Landseer, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows Isaac Van Amburgh, a famous big-cat tamer, in a dramatic scene. Sir Edwin Landseer made it around 1847 as part of a series of engravings. Van Amburgh worked with lions and tigers in London theaters and royal shows. The Duke of Wellington actually paid for Landseer’s portrait of him first. Queen Victoria loved the act so much she wrote about it in her diary. Check out prints at the Victoria and Albert Museum next time you’re there.
A color print shows Isaac Van Amburgh standing inside a cage surrounded by lions, tigers, and leopards, holding a whip.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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