Emma Soyer in Burnley

March 9 2026

Image of Emma Soyer in Burnley

Picture: Towneley Hall Museum & Art Gallery

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The Towneley Hall Museum & Art Gallery in Burnley shared some news yesterday which I've been looking forward to revealing for some time. The Museum is now the owner of a very fine reidentified work by Emma Soyer (c. 1809-1842), which the town purchased in 1951 as a work by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (an attribution which had been more recently dismissed). It was spotted by my friend Dominic Sanchez-Cabello and myself last year, as part of efforts to find more of her missing pictures. Here's a short blog from Dominic which provides a little more information on the work.


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