(b London, ?14 ?July 1805; d
Walton-on-Thames, 15 Aug 1876).
He developed his
precocious talents as draughtsman and etcher within the
family circle. In 1820 he entered Thomas Lawrence’s
studio as a draughtsman of animals, which, in close
association with his childhood neighbour Edwin Landseer,
he had studied from live specimens and dissected
cadavers. Lewis made six intaglio prints after his
drawings of the larger felines (published 1825), while
domesticated beasts figured more prominently in the
twelve etchings of Domestic Subjects published in
1826. His work as a sporting and wildlife painter
culminated in Buck-shooting in Windsor Great Park
(1825; London, Tate) and his one contemporary, royal
commission, John Clark with the Animals at Sandpit
Gate, Windsor Great Park (Windsor Castle, Berks,
Royal Col.).
