Print and frame (Etching)

Museum Object Number 1960.0086.007 A, B

Object Name

Print and frame (Etching)

Title

A View of Walton Bridge, Venus's Temple, &c. in the Garden of S.\r Francis Dashwood Bar.\t at West Wycomb in the County of Bucks/ Veüe du Pont du Temple de Venus, &c. dans le Jardin du Chevalier Fr. Dashwood a West Wycomb dans la Comté de Bucks.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

William Hannan (Painter)

William Woollett (Etcher)

Robert Sayer, John Boydell, Heny Parker & Elizaberth Bakewell, Thomas Bowles, and John Bowles & Son (Publisher and seller)

Creator Notes

Woollett was apprenticed to John Tinney, an engraver in Fleet Street, London, and studied in the St Martin's Lane academy. His first important plate was from the "Niobe" of Richard Wilson, published by Boydell in 1761, which was followed in 1763 by a companion engraving from the "Phaethon" of the same painter. After West he engraved his fine plate of the "Battle of La Hogue" (1781), and the "Death of General Wolfe" (1776), which is usually considered Woollett's masterpiece.

Date of Birth

08/15/1735

Date of Death

177505/23/1785

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1757-1770

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; W. Hannan pinx.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; W. Woollett sculpt.
3. Inscription; Bottom center below title; Printed for John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill, T. Bowles in S.\t Pauls Church Yard, Hen. Parker & Eliz. Bakewell in Cornhill, J. Boydell Engraver the Corner of Queen Street in Cheapside, & Rob.\t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street.

Subjects

Estate or house view; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line Etched with burin work

Dimensions (inches)

15 (H) , 21.3 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 20 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

38 (H) , 54.1 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 20 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 14.4 in. (36.5 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 20.9 in. (53.0 cm). Chain intervals: 3.0-3.3 cm; 6-7 laid lines per cm. Measurments of (b) frame: H (at left): 17.3 in. (44.0 cm); W (at bottom): 23.4 in. (59.5 cm); D (at bottom left corner): 1 in. (2.54 cm).

Publisher Summary

Robert Sayer, John Boydell, Heny Parker & Elizaberth Bakewell, Thomas Bowles, and John Bowles & Son

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 161, p. 239.