High Street, Oxford

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Landscape artist Francis James Sarjent was based in London. He gave his address as '10, Howland Street' (off Tottenham Court Road), when he exhibited two works at the Royal Academy in 1802 and 1803. They were titled 'View of the city of London from the fields below Hampstead' and 'A View of Woolwich, looking down the river'. A watercolour by Sarjent was sold through Christie's, London, in 1987 and two further watercolours by the artist were sold through Sotheby's, London, in 1985 and 1994.

Places

England, Oxfordshire

Subjects

cart, topography, townscape/cityscape, horse, man, academic gown, street, pavement, church, spire

Materials & Techniques

aquatint

Artist

Thomas Taylor (c.1770 - 1826)
Francis James Sarjent (c.1780 - 1812)

Title

High Street, Oxford

Date

1810

Medium

Aquatint

Dimensions

height: 42cm, width: 58.5cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Parker Gallery, September 1972

GAC number

9704