Material Type

Artifact

Date

1897

Materials

HEAVY CARD

No. Pieces

2

Length

74.6

Width

53.7

Description

PAINTED BY "SIR EDWIN LANDSEER, R.?" PRINTED AND PUBLISHED: SEPT. 1/1897, LONDON" .1 "TIME OF WAR" .2 "TIME OF PEACE"

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

History

BELONGED TO MR. & MRS. WILLIAM MURRAY, OWNERS OF MURRAY TRANSPORT. PRINTS HAVE BEEN IN MURRAY FAMILY FOR MORE THAN 70 YRS. (1970). REPRODUCTIONS *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRPAHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THESE PRINTS, WILLIAM AND MARY MURRAY, WAS FOUND IN THEIR LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARIES. WILLIAM MURRAY WAS BORN IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND IN 1885 AND MARRIED MARY REID MUIR IN 1912. THE COUPLE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE THAT SAME YEAR, AND FOR 46 YEARS OWNED AND OPERATED MURRAY TRANSPORT LTD. WILLIAM DIED IN 1967 AND MARY IN 1969 - THEY WERE SURVIVED BY THEIR SON LLOYD, THE DONOR. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF OBITUARIES. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE ARTIST OF THESE PRINTS, SIR EDWIN HENRY LANDSEER, WAS EXCERPTED FROM WIKIPEDIA AND THE BBC WEBSITE. LANDSEER WAS BORN IN 1802, THE SON OF ENGRAVER JOHN LANDSEER. HE STUDIED UNDER SEVERAL ARTISTS, BECAME AN ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTISTS AT AGE 24, AND WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS LIFE-LIKE PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES OF ANIMALS AND NATURE. REPRODUCTIONS OF HIS WORKS WERE COMMON IN VICTORIAN-ERA MIDDLE-CLASS HOMES, AND HE WAS ALSO POPULAR WITH THE ARISTOCRACY, BEING COMMISSIONED BY QUEEN VICTORIA TO PAINT PORTRAITS OF VARIOUS MONARCHS AND THE ROYAL PETS. LANDSEER WAS ALSO COMMISSIONED TO CREATE FOUR BRONZE LIONS FOR THE BASE OF NELSON'S COLUMN IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE, WHICH WERE INSTALLED IN 1867. LANDSEER DIED IN 1873 AFTER A BATTLE WITH DEPRESSION, DRUG USE AND ALCOHOLISM; HIS BRONZE LIONS WERE HUNG WITH WREATHS, CROWDS WATCHED THE FUNERAL PROCESSION, AND HE WAS BURIED IN ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL IN LONDON. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL.

Catalogue Number

P19705708000

Acquisition Date

1970-02

Collection

Museum

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