Charles Landseer

Charles Landseer RA (12 August 1799 – 22 July 1879) was an English painter, mostly of historical subjects.

[3] In 1823 he accompanied Sir Charles Stuart de Rothesay on a diplomatic mission to Portugal and Brazil.

In 1851, he was appointed Keeper of the Royal Academy, a post requiring him to teach in the "Antique School".

[5] His works included The Meeting of Charles I. and his Adherents before the Battle of Edgehill,[5] Clarissa Harlowe in the Prison Room of the Sheriff's Office (1833, now in the collection of the Tate Gallery),[6] The Pillaging of a Jew's House in the Reign of Richard I (1839, Tate Gallery)[6] and The Temptation of Andrew Marvel (1841).

[7] He died in London on 22 July 1879,[1] leaving 10,000 guineas to the Royal Academy to fund scholarships.