Edwin Landseer
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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
Portrait of Sir Edwin Landseer by Francis Grant, 1852
Portrait of an Arab Mare with her Foal by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer. (c.1825). Commissioned by Princess Charlotte for her lady-in-waiting, Lady Barbara Ponsonby
Laying Down the Law (c.1840)
The Shrew Tamed (1861)
Man Proposes, God Disposes
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Man Proposes, God Disposes is an 1864 oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist Sir Edwin Landseer. The work was inspired by the search for Franklin's lost expedition which disappeared in the Arcti
Edwin Landseer
…along with other "pretty horsebreakers", frequently appeared riding in Hyde Park. Some of Landseer's later works, such as his Flood in the Highlands and Man Proposes, God Disposes (both of 1864) are pessimistic in tone. The latter shows two polar bears toying with the bones of the dead and other remains, from Sir John Franklin's…
Man proposes god disposes Edwin Landseer RH
Dutch medal of 1588 bearing the Latin inscription Homo Proponit Deus Disponit (Man Proposes God Disposes)