Ebenezer Landells (

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1808 – 1 October 1860 London) was a British wood-engraver, illustrator, and magazine proprietor. Vignette—The Art of Painting

Life

Born in Newcastle, Landells was apprenticed to the wood-engraver

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. 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

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and the printer William Last to found ''

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'' 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).

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consulted Landells about launching his illustrated weekly ''

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'' in 1842: after a commission to sketch

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's first visit to

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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 ''

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''), ''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). Landells He died at Victoria Grove,

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, in south-west London on 1 October 1860 and was buried on the western side of

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. The grave (no.420) no longer has a headstone or any memorial. Landells Road in London's

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is purported to be named after him.

Family

He was married, on 9 January 1832, at New St. Pancras Church, London, to Anne, eldest daughter of Robert McLegan of London. His son, Robert Thomas Landells, was also an illustrator, and married the daughter of composer George Rodwell.

References

;Attribution

External links

''Parlour Magic''
by Ebenezer Landells is freely accessible with full page images and full text searching in the

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''The Boy's Own Toy-maker: a Practical Illustrated Guide to the Useful Employment of Leisure Hours''
by Ebenezer Landells is freely accessible with full page images and full text searching in the

{{DEFAULTSORT:Landells, Ebenezer 1808 births 1860 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery Artists from Newcastle upon Tyne English engravers English illustrators British magazine founders