abstract:Landseer (February 28, 1999 - October 26, 2002) was a Thoroughbred racehorse. A son of Champion sire Danehill, he was out of the mare, Sabria, whose sire Miswaki was the sire of the great filly Urban Sea.
In addition to the Turner seascape, in which we can see early signs of the artist's late swirling abstractions, the MFAH show includes two rare hunting scenes by Gainsborough, and a thrilling Edwin Henry Landseer picture of a heron caught in the grip of a hawk.