Manuscript letters to William Wells

Item author: Sir Edwin Landseer
Item date: 1843 - 73
Grant Value: 2,500
Item cost: 12,500
Item date acquired: 1995
Item institution: Victoria & Albert Museum
Town/City: London

Just over 250 letters written during the last 30 years of Landseers life to his friend and patron William Wells of Redleaf, Kent. The letters contain much information on Landseers activities, movements and opinions, with many references to his artistic work, including his commission to model the lions in Trafalgar Square