The Ancient City and Cathedral of Hereford on the River Wye
Edward Dayes (1763 - 1804)
Francis Jukes (1745 - 1812)
Colour aquatint
published 1 March 1797-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
Edward Dayes was born in London and apprenticed to mezzotinter and painter William Pether. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1786. During his early career he worked as a miniaturist, later concentrating on the topographical landscapes in watercolour for which he is best-known. Thomas Girtin was a pupil of Dayes’ until an argument between the two seems to have led to Girtin’s imprisonment. Although not a pupil, J. M. W. Turner also studied Dayes’s work and some watercolours by Turner from the 1790s are virtually indistinguishable from those of Dayes. Towards the end of his career, Dayes began working in oils with less success. He was known as a difficult character with a fiery temper and committed suicide in London in 1804.
Aquatint engraver Francis Jukes was born in Martley, Worcestershire. Nothing is known of his parents. He initially worked as a topographical painter, before becoming one of the first British aquatint engravers. He is thought to have learnt the method from Paul Sandby and some of his first aquatints are after Sandby’s designs. Dukes mainly produced prints of landscape or seascape subjects. He illustrated the Rev. William Gilpin’s ‘Observations on the River Wye’ (published 1782). His early prints were published in collaboration with Valentine Green and he later collaborated with Robert Pollard. Illness towards the end of his life may have been caused by fumes from the acid he used in the aquatinting process. He died in 1812, aged about 67.
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Explore
- Places
- England, Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Herefordshire, River Wye
- Subjects
- rowing boat, horseback, topography, genre, townscape/cityscape, cow, dog, horse, river bank, river, woman, girl, 18th century costume, dress, bucket, house, church, cathedral, tower, punt, sailboat
- Materials & Techniques
- aquatint, colour aquatint
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Details
- Title
- The Ancient City and Cathedral of Hereford on the River Wye
- Date
- published 1 March 1797
- Medium
- Colour aquatint
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Frank T Sabin, March 1959
- GAC number
- 4901