| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | John Browne after Paul Brill and Joseph Farington |
| Published | Published March 25th.1775 by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London. |
| Dimensions | Image 243 x 352 mm, Plate 290 x 380 mm |
| Notes |
Inscription bwlow title reads: In the Gallery at Houghton. John Browne (1741 - 1801) was an English engraver and publisher. The son of a Norfolk clergyman, Browne was educated in Norwich, and in 1756 was sent to London, where he was placed with John Tinney the engraver. William Woollett was his fellow apprentice. Browne's reputation grew in 1768 when he exhibited the engraving 'St. John Preaching in the Wilderness', after Salvator Rosa. In 1770 he was made an associate engraver of the Royal Academy. Browne is best-known as an engraver of landscapes, which were often published by John Boydell. Paul Brill (c.1553/4 - 1626) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and etcher. Trained in Antwerp, Brill moved to Rome in around 1575, where he worked with his brother Matthijs and specialised in landscapes. He remained there for the rest of his life, and had a major influence on Italian landscape painting. Joseph Farington (1747 - 1821) was an English landscape painter and topographical draughtsman. From 1763 he was a pupil of Richard Wilson, whom he assisted until 1767/8. He entered the Royal Academy schools in 1769, and exhibited there between 1778 and 1813. He became a Royal Academy member in 1785. His Diary 1793-1821 is a key source of information about the London art world. John Boydell (1719 - 1804) was an English engraver, and one of the most influential printsellers of the Georgian period. At the age of twenty one, Boydell was apprenticed to the engraver William Henry Toms, and enrolled himself in the St. Martin's Lane Academy in order to study drawing. Given the funds raised by the sales of Boydell's Collection of One Hundred Views in England and Wales, 1755, he turned to the importation of foreign prints. Despite great success in this market his legacy is largely defined by The Shakespeare Gallery; a project that he initiated in 1786. In addition to the gallery, which was located in Pall Mall, Boydell released folios which illustrated the works of the Bard of Avon and were comprised of engravings after artists such as Henry Fuseli, Richard Westall, John Opie and Sir Joshua Reynolds. He is credited with changing the course of English painting by creating a market for historical and literary works. In honour of this, and his longstanding dedication to cival duties, Boydell became the Mayor of London in 1790. Print Quarterly Vol. VIII 1991, Rubinstein I.11 |
| Framing | mounted |
| Price | £250.00 |
| Stock ID | 16565 |