View of the Savoy from the River Thames 1750

Location

Country: Romania
City: Bucharest
Place: British Embassy

George Vertue was born in the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London. His parents served in the court of James II and his father may have later become a tailor. He was first apprenticed to a silver engraver and later to Flemish engraver Michael Vandergucht. His early work includes plates after Kneller, whose academy he attended from 1711. Vertue served as official engraver to the Society of Antiquaries (1717-56). In the 1720s he concentrated on portrait frontispieces, producing over 120 in total. From 1727 he was engraver to Oxford University. Vertue was also a publisher and ran a print shop near Drury Lane. In 1712 he began gathering information for a publication on the history of art in Britain, which remained unfinished at his death.

Places

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, river, church

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

George Vertue (1684 - 1756)

Title

View of the Savoy from the River Thames 1750

Date

Dimensions

height: 46.00 cm, width: 60.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Parker Gallery, January 1978

GAC number

13694