Cabinet Card portrait of Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802–1873), the celebrated English animal painter and Royal Academician. The albumen print shows Landseer seated with sketching board and pencil, a pose emphasizing his identity as a working artist. Published by the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company from Regent Street negatives. Landseer was one of the most important British painters of the 19th century, renowned for his paintings of animals and sporting subjects and for modeling the lions at the base of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square. His works were widely engraved and reproduced, contributing to his international reputation. Mount printed “The Late Sir Edwin Landseer R.A.” with publisher’s imprint London Stereoscopic Co., 110 & 108 Regent Street, London, verso with elaborate Photographers to the Royal Family advertisement. A strong photographic likeness of one of the leading Victorian painters.