Harwich

Location

Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Jeddah
Place: British Consulate-General

Little is known of the early life of William John Huggins. By 1812 he was a steward to Captain Thomas Buchanan of the East India Company. He was probably first taught by ship decorator and art teacher Thomas Duncan. Huggins settled in Leadenhall Street, London, close to East India House, the headquarters of the Company, and specialised in shipping and naval subjects. He produced numerous ship portraits for captains and owners of vessels used by the East India Company, collaborating with Edward Duncan, Thomas’s son, on paintings including ‘East Indiamen in the China Seas’ (c.1820-30; National Maritime Museum, Greenwich). The two artists also worked together on some 150 prints. In 1830 Huggins’s was appointed Marine Painter to William IV.

Places

England, Essex

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, seascape/coastal scene, townscape/cityscape, Victorian Genre, sea, church, spire, tower, sailboat, fishing net, oar

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

William John Huggins (1781 - 1845)
Charles, II Rosenberg (1792 - 1879)

Title

Harwich

Date

1841

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, February 1958

GAC number

4547