View of Brighton with Chain Pier

Location

Country: UK
City: England
Place: Wiston House, Foreign Office, Wilton Park

William G. Moss, illustrator and topographical painter, lived at No. 4 Hall Place in Kennington, South London. Moss illustrated ‘The History and Antiquities of the Parochial Church of St. Saviour, Southwark’, published in 1818. In 1827, he exhibited three works at The Royal Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street, London. The titles of these were as follows: ‘A Scene near Hartfield, Sussex’; ‘Interior of Esher Church, Surrey’; and ‘A Wreck on the Castle Rocks, Hastings’.

Places

England, Brighton: Chain Pier, Brighton, Sussex, East Sussex, English Channel

Subjects

barrel, seascape/coastal scene, townscape/cityscape, shore, man, woman, parasol, pier, sailboat, anchor

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), pencil, wash drawing, pencil drawing, wash, sepia

Artist

William George Moss

Title

View of Brighton with Chain Pier

Date

1823

Medium

Pencil and sepia wash on paper

Dimensions

height: 19.40 cm, width: 41.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Appleby Bros, July 1977

Inscription

br: W G Moss 1823

GAC number

13361