A View of the Charter House taken from the Green

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Robert Havell senior, son of artist and publisher Daniel Havell, was born in Reading but moved to London as a child. After Robert launched his career, father and son collaborated on illustrations for Henry Salt’s ‘Twenty Four Views Taken in St. Helena’ (1809–10). However, the partnership was short-lived and Robert later established himself at premises in Fitzrovia. He married Lydia Miller Phillips and had a son, Robert junior. Robert junior and his father formed the firm of R. Havell & Son, working on numerous projects including ‘Birds of America’ for John James Audubon. The scale of this project led them to employ 50 additional staff and move to larger premises in Oxford Street. Robert senior died a year after the company expansion.

Places

England, London, Islington, Charterhouse School (old London site)

Subjects

playing, topography, tree, boy, woman, academic gown, student, garden, school

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, colour aquatint

Artist

T Ward
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)

Title

A View of the Charter House taken from the Green

Date

published 30 September 1813

Medium

Colour aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, October 1957

GAC number

3914