Windsor Castle, from Eton
William Westall (1781 - 1850)
Richard Gilson Reeve (1803 - 1889)
Colour aquatint
published 1828
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
William Westall was born in Hertford; the son of a brewer and brother of Richard, RA. He enrolled at the Royal Academy schools in 1799 and was later draughtsman for a voyage to Australia and the South Seas. After being shipwrecked he travelled to Canton in China and to India, staying in Bombay for several months. He returned to England in 1805 but later set off for Madeira and Jamaica. He became a member of the Society of Painters in Water Colours (1811) and an associate of the Academy (1812). Following a mental breakdown he regularly visited the Lake District and published ‘Views of the Valley and Vale of Keswick’ (1820). His series of aquatints of the Thames, universities and public schools for Ackermann are among his most popular works.
London-born Richard Gilson Reeve was the son, and most likely pupil, of Richard Reeve (born 1780). Both father and son were aquatint engravers, mainly of sporting and marine subjects.
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- Title
- Windsor Castle, from Eton
- Date
- published 1828
- Medium
- Colour aquatint
- Dimensions
- height: 21.50 cm, width: 29.50 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Agnew's, November 1962
- Provenance
- Purchased from Agnew's, November 1962
- GAC number
- 5951