A humorous engraving with etching and hand colouring. This cartoon was first featured in the 1842 issue of Punch; this is a later 1871 strike edition. The scene shows a man and a young boy heading out in driving rain to catch fish. The boy looks very displeased to be going. The scene is mocking the avid followers of the sports writer of the period Isaac Walton. Walton wrote mainly about angling and other types of fishing and his readers would follow his word to the letter, no matter the weather.
The engraving is signed in plate and presented in a gilt effect, glazed frame with a dark grey mount.
On wove.The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration and undulation to the paper. The frame and mount are in fine condition.
19.3 x 15.7cm (7.6" x 6.2")Framed Size: 33 x 24.3cm (13" x 9.6")
Born in Newcastle, Landells was apprenticed to the wood-engraver Thomas Bewick. In 1829 he moved to London, and before long managed to start his own engraving workshop. After attempting a short-lived fashion journal, Cosmorama, he joined with the journalist Henry Mayhew and the printer William Last to found Punch in 1841. Initial difficulties forced Landells to sell his one-third share to the publishers Bradbury & Evans: after the new owners replaced Landells with Joseph Swain as engraving chief, Landells responded with a pamphlet A Word with Punch (1847).
The Queen, Prince Albert, & Princess Royal on leaving the Carriage, King William Dock, sketched by Landells in 1844
Herbert Ingram consulted Landells about launching his illustrated weekly Illustrated London News in 1842: after a commission to sketch Victoria's first visit to Scotland that year, Landells became the paper's first artist correspondent and continued to supply prints for the newspaper until his death.
Landells was also involved in several other magazines: the less successful Illuminated Magazine (1843–35), Great Gun (1844, in imitation of Punch), the Lady's Newspaper (1847–63, after which incorporated in the Queen), Diogenes (1853, another attempt to imitate Punch), and the Illustrated Inventor. Responding to the growth in the children's book market, he wrote and illustrated several books for children: Boy's Own Toy-Maker (1858), Girl's Own Toy-Maker (1859), and Illustrated Paper Model Maker (1860).
He died at Victoria Grove, West Brompton, in south-west London on 1 October 1860. Landells Road in London's East Dulwich is purported to be named after him.[
| SKU | qg060 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Ebenezer Landells (1808–1860) |
| Date | 1871 |
| Dimensions | 19.3 x 15.7cm |
| Medium | Engraving |
| Style | Illustration Art |
| Subject | Genre Scene |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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