Victorian painter Edwin Landseer (1802-73) was the foremost animal painter of his day, not to mention Queen Victoria's favorite. He made his name with The Monarch of the Glen, a stunning portrait of a majestic stag that remains beloved today, as does his other best-known creation: the bronze lions that keep watch at the foot of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square. But Landseer had a more private side as well, and this book offers contemporary...