A View of Tabley House in Cheshire

A View of Tabley House in Cheshire
A View of Tabley House in Cheshire
A View of Tabley House in Cheshire
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
John Young after Wilson
Title
A View of Tabley House in Cheshire
Date
1821
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: 89 x 118 mm (image size)
Imperial: 3 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (image size)
Accession Number
1859,1210.356
Wilson Online Reference
E71/2
Description
Tabley House is shown in the distance of a broad panorama. Across the foreground stretches a lake, calm in the declining light, with an indolent young couple on the near bank. The man is angling and the girl is suckling a baby.
Provenance
Bought through Edward Daniell, 53 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, London, 1859
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image: LEICESTER GALLERY. | WILSON. and numbered above: No. 32
Subject
Sir Peter Leicester (1732-70) remodelled Tabley House following the designs of John Carr of York. From 1762-69, it was reconstructed and the grounds 'improved' in the style of Capability Brown.
Related Paintings
P126 Tabley House, Cheshire, Private Collection, England
Critical commentary
An outline illustration from John Young's Catalogue of Pictures by British Artists in the Possession of Sir John Fleming Leicester, 1821 (no. 32). The wording 'Leicester Gallery' did not appear in the original publication.
Bibliography
John Young, Catalogue of Pictures by British Artists in the Possession of Sir John Fleming Leicester, Bart, 1821, p. 15, no. 32
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).