The Thames at Richmond

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Hospitality, Lancaster House

Landscapist William Marlow was born in London or Southwark. He trained in the studio of marine painter Samuel Scott in Covent Garden (1756-61) and is also thought to have studied at the St Martin’s Lane Academy. Marlow spent his early career travelling around England in search of subjects; painting English country houses and the areas around Twickenham, Richmond, and the lower banks of the Thames. On the advice of the Duchess of Northumberland he travelled to France and Italy (1765-66). He exhibited at the Society of Artists, becoming Vice-President in 1778, and at the Royal Academy. Marlow lived for a time in Leicester Fields (now Leicester Square). His one pupil was John Curtis. In c.1785 he retired to Twickenham, where he died aged 72.

Places

England, Richmond (Surrey), Surrey, River Thames, London

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, genre, townscape/cityscape, tree, river bank, river, man, woman, towpath, fence, hedgerow, path, gate, bridge (urban)

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

William Marlow (1740 - 1813)

Title

The Thames at Richmond

Date

c.1780

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 61.00 cm, width: 102.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Bonham's, 13 December 1990

Inscription

sbl

Provenance

Collection of the Marchioness of Queensberry; sold through Sotheby's, London, on 3 November 1954; collection of A. J. Whitall; by family descent; sold through Bonham's, London, on 13 December 1990 (Lot 33); from which sale purchased by the Government Art Collection

GAC number

16757