View on the River Dee, near Eaton Hall

View on the River Dee, near Eaton Hall
View on the River Dee, near Eaton Hall
View on the River Dee, near Eaton Hall
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
John Young after Wilson
Title
View on the River Dee, near Eaton Hall
Date
1820
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: Image size: 48 x 75 mm
Imperial: Image size: 1 7/8 x 2 15/16 in.
Accession Number
1860,1208.274
Wilson Online Reference
E71/1
Description
Landscape with a river flowing diagonally from the left and a framing tree on the right
Provenance
Bought through Edward Daniell, 53 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, London, 1863
Signature/inscription
Lettered above the image, centre: 'No. 12', and top right corner of sheet: 'PLATE 5'
Lettered below the image:'GROSVENOR GALLERY | WILSON.'
Related Drawings
D354 The Banks of the River Dee near Eaton Hall Cheshire, Art Institute of Chicago, Leonora Hall Gurley Collection
Related Prints
E25 Thomas Morris after Wilson, The Banks of the River Dee near Eaton, Cheshire, The British Museum and other impressions
Related Paintings
P86 The River Dee near Eaton Hall, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Birmingham and other versions
Critical commentary
An outline illustration from John Young's A Catalogue of Pictures at Grosvenor House, 1821. The wording 'Grosvenor Gallery' did not appear in the original publication.
Bibliography
John Young, A Catalogue of the Pictures at Grosvenor House, London, 1821, p. 5, no. 12
More Information
John Young (1755-1825) was a publisher, printer, mezzotinter and etcher. A pupil of J.R.Smith. he was Engraver in Mezzotinto to the Prince of Wales from 1789, Keeper of the British Institution from about 1813 and Secretary of the Artists' Benevolent Fund. His address is recorded as 65 Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square (1817-1823).