Lot 172
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Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A. (1802-1873)
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Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A. (1802-1873)

Study of Henry Drummond, M.P.

Details
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, R.A. (1802-1873)
Study of Henry Drummond, M.P.
signed with intials, inscribed and dated 'Henry Drummond MP/'F. Grant [crossed out]/E.L. 1858' (lower centre)
pen and brown ink and wash
7 x 4¼ in. (17.8 x 10.8 cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, February 25 1998, Lot 149
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The present drawing is consistent with Landseer's many witty pen and ink caricatures, which were often executed as his contribution to a house party and left with the host. The obscured inscription may well refer to Sir Francis Grant (1803-1878) whose pen and ink drawings are stylistically similar to those of Sir Edwin Landseer.

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