St. Giles’s with Part of St. John’s College, Oxford
Michael Angelo Rooker (1746 - 1801)
Joseph Skelton (1785 - 1850)
Coloured engraving
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
Michael [Angelo] Rooker, watercolourist and scene designer, was born in Bloomsbury, the son of Edward Rooker. In the 1760s, he collaborated with his father. He also studied under Paul Sandby and adopted the name ‘Angelo’, given in jest by Sandby. In 1769, he entered the Royal Academy Schools and later became an associate. He designed frontispieces for George Coleman’s edition of ‘The Dramatic Works of Beaumont and Fletcher’ (1778) and Thomas Cadell’s edition of Fielding’s ‘Works’ (1783). For 20 years he produced the frontispiece for the ‘Oxford Almanack’. In 1779, he was made Scene Painter at the Haymarket Theatre and also painted scenes for the Duke of Marlborough’s theatre at Blenheim. He died in Soho, just before his 55th birthday.
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Explore
- Places
- England, Oxfordshire
- Subjects
- horseback, topography, townscape/cityscape, tree, horse, boy, man, woman, academic gown, college, student, bucket, road, university, church
- Materials & Techniques
- engraving, coloured engraving
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Details
- Title
- St. Giles’s with Part of St. John’s College, Oxford
- Date
- Medium
- Coloured engraving
- Acquisition
- Presented by Sir Nigel Ronald, January 1954
- GAC number
- 15862