| Method | Etching |
| Artist | John Baptist Malchair |
| Published | [c.1763] |
| Dimensions | Image 99 x 152 mm, Plate 105 x 160 mm, Sheet 146 x 201 mm |
| Notes |
A scarce view of the river Avon winding between steep cliffs, with two men carrying fishing rods in the left foreground. From 'XII Views consisting chiefly of the Environs of Oxford.' John Baptist Malchair (1731-1812) was an English painter and printmaker of German birth. The son of a watchmaker, he moved to England c.1754, and taught music and drawing in London, Lewes, and Bristol, before settling in Oxford as a drawing-master, and leader of the band at the city's Music Room. In 1763, he published 12 etchings of views near Oxford; further sets of etchings followed in 1771 and 1772. His only Royal Academy exhibit was a watercolour landscape, shown in 1773, when he was listed as an honorary exhibitor. There is no evidence that he sold his work. Nearly 500 drawings by Malchair are in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; these include unpretentious cottage subjects and panoramic views of the city (e.g. 'Oxford in Flood Time, from Shotover Hill', 1791) characterised by an atmospheric haziness achieved through blurred pencil lines and grey or pastel wash. Condition: Some foxing to image and sheet. Small mark in upper margin of sheet. Small crease in left margin of sheet. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £120.00 |
| Stock ID | 33857 |