The Evening of the Glorious First of June 1794

Robert Cleveley (1747 - 1809)
Thomas Medland

Coloured engraving

published 1 August 1795
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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Engraver and draughtsman Thomas Medland lived in Westminster. He is included in a drawing by A. E. Chalon titled ‘Students at the British Institution’ (1807), suggesting he studied there, although he may have been a teacher. He engraved illustrations for ‘Robinson Crusoe’, after drawings by Thomas Stothard and also became known for his topographical aquatints. Medland was also a watercolour painter and exhibited his watercolours at the Royal Academy. The original watercolour for the ‘West Front of the East India Company College’ was exhibited at the Academy in 1808. Medland died at his home near Haileybury College in Hertford at about the age of 68. Nothing is known of his wife, but his will divided his estate between three children.
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  • Details
    Title
    The Evening of the Glorious First of June 1794
    Date
    published 1 August 1795
    Medium
    Coloured engraving
    Acquisition
    Purchased from the Parker Gallery, January 1959
    Inscription
    bottom right [in pencil] 1794
    GAC number
    15447