Stage Coach

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

The painter of coaching and sporting subjects, and engraver James Pollard was the son and pupil of Robert Pollard (1755-1838), an engraver and publisher. He also received help and advice from the wood-engraver and naturalist Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). In 1820 Pollard began to paint coaching scenes and by 1825 he was successful enough to leave his father, marry, and set up on his own. He exhibited a few works at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and the Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street, but worked mainly for dealers and private patrons. In 1840 both his wife and youngest daughter died. This was a blow from which he never fully recovered and his later work shows evidence of decline.
Matthew Dubourg was a London-based aquatint engraver of sporting, military and topographical views, made after works by contemporary artists. He often collaborated with the draughtsman and aquatint engraver John Clark. Dubourg exhibited two miniature portraits at the Royal Academy in 1786 and 1797, when his address was 17 Duke Street, off Manchester Square. He later exhibited a ‘Scene near Vauxhall’ at the Academy in 1808, by which time he had moved to 22 East Street, Lambeth.

Places

England, Surrey, Sussex

Subjects

shepherd, coach, stage coach, Victorian Genre, tree, dog, horse, sheep, hill, man, woman, 19th century costume, dress, military uniform, parasol, basket, soldier, field, road, fence, gate

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

James Pollard (1792 - 1867)
Matthew Dubourg

Title

Stage Coach

Date

published 1 November 1822

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Acquisition

Presented by Captain Frank Spicer, May 1952

GAC number

1753