Print (Etching)

Museum Object Number 1969.2813

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

A View of the Canal and of the Gothick Tower in the Garden of His Grace the Duke of Argyl at Whitton. / Veüe du Canal, et de la Tour Gothique, dans le Jardin de Mons,,\gr le Duc d'Argyl a Whitton, a 4 lieues a l'oüest de Londres.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

William Woollett (Designer and engraver)

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

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

05/23/1785

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1750-1760

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; W. Woolett del,, et sculp.
2. Inscription; Lower center; Printed for Rob,,\t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street, J,, Boydell Engraver the Corner of Queen Street in Cheapside, H. Parker & E Bakewell in Cornhill, Tho,,\s Bowles in S,,\t Paul's Church Yard, Jn,,\o Bowles & Son in Cornhill.

Subjects

Genre scene; Landscape; Estate or house view

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched, Engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

15.1 (H) , 21.3 (W) , 14 (Image H) , 20 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

38.4 (H) , 54.2 (W) , 14 (Image H) , 20 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 14.6 in. (37.0 cm). Plate W: 21.1 in. (53.5 cm).

Publisher Summary

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

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

Watermark

None

Object Description

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