| Method | Etching |
| Artist | Thomas Landseer |
| Published | Thos. Landseer [c.1830] |
| Dimensions | Image 188 x 230 mm, Sheet 202 x 242 mm |
| Notes |
A rough cartoon, probably intended as one in a series of illustrations for an unknown publication. The 'Vision' of the title is one of great tumult and confusion. At the centre, a youthful figure, dressed in billowing raiment, gazes skyward where the vault of heaven displays a terrifying parody of The Judgement. In the middle of the clouds, a female figure in classical dress, holds aloft a tragic mask, a dagger in her belt. Behind her, a bearded figure prepares to stab a young woman, while another young woman faints in the arms of a grotesque winged demon. A skeleton armed with two daggers dances beside them. To the left of the youth, a dragon-like monster plunges through roiling clouds towards a distant city. In the bottom right corner below the youth, an ouroboros, the hermetic symbol for self-reflexivity, encircles a tragic scene of two young lovers, while a horrified face takes form in the cloud. Thomas Landseer (1793/94 - 1880) was a draughtsman, engraver and painter. He is best-known for his engravings and etchings of paintings by his youngest brother Edwin Landseer. Born in London, the eldest of fourteen children, Landseer was taught artistic techniques by his father, the engraver John Landseer. He then studied under the painter Benjamin Robert Haydon. He began etching aged fourteen, copying his brother's drawings; and continued to make etched copies of Edwin's works in later life. He produced satirical etchings for Monkeyana, or, Men in Miniature (1827), and dedicated his Characteristic Sketches of Animals (1832) to the Zoological Society. He also produced illustrations for Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Devil's Walk (1831). He exhibited paintings at the British Institution and the Royal Academy, and was elected an Associate of the latter in 1867. Condition: Trimmed within the plate and publication line. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £120.00 |
| Stock ID | 36183 |