Edwin Landseer’s eldest brother, was a talented engraver. Thomas collaborated with Edwin from childhood, as the younger brother preferred drawing and painting. He would go on to dedicate much of his career to engraving his brother’s most famous paintings. In total Thomas copied over 125 of Edwin’s works. Having studied under Benjamin Robert Haydon, Thomas Landseer also produced many original etchings of his own work.In 1828 he created a book parodying human folly, ‘Monkeyana or Men in Miniature’. He also published ‘Characteristic Sketches of Animals‘ in 1832 and ‘The Natural History of Birds’ in 1836. Thomas was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1868. He died in London in 1880.
