Gateway of the Bloody Tower
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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
Frederick Nash was born in Lambeth; the son of a builder. He studied architectural drawing under Thomas Malton jnr, before entering the Royal Academy Schools. Nash was employed by architects and drew plates for John Britton’s ‘Architectural Antiquities’ (1807) and Britton and E. W. Brayley’s ‘The Beauties of England and Wales’ (1801-09). From 1807 he worked as architectural draughtsman and lithographer to the Society of Antiquaries. In 1810, he became a member of Society of Painters in Watercolours. He also painted in oils. Nash made sketching trips to Calais, Caen, the Lake District, the Moselle and the Rhine. In 1834 he moved to Brighton. He turned to landscape painting, particularly views of Sussex, before his death in Brighton, aged 73.
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Explore
- Places
- England, London, City of London
- Subjects
- topography, man, woman, parasol, soldier, gate, prison, portcullis, cobbles, tower
- Materials & Techniques
- engraving, coloured engraving
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Details
- Artist
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Frederick Nash (1782 - 1856)
- Title
- Gateway of the Bloody Tower
- Date
- 6 March 1821
- Medium
- Coloured engraving
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Parker Gallery, July 1965
- GAC number
- 7124