Suffolk Landscape with Mill

Location

Country: Argentina
City: Buenos Aires
Place: British Embassy

William Mulready was born in County Clare but moved to London with his family at the age of five. He entered the Royal Academy Schools aged fourteen and began to exhibit his works in 1803. He lived for a time with his brother-in-law and tutor, John Varley. In 1816 he became a member of the Royal Academy. Mulready’s early works are predominantly landscape scenes, often populated with rural figures. The artist’s later work established his reputation for genre scenes. Mulready taught drawing to privileged individuals, including Isabella Milbanke (future wife of Lord Byron) and in 1839 was commissioned to design the first pre-paid postage envelope. A retrospective of his paintings was held at the Society of Arts in 1847.

Places

England, Suffolk

Subjects

topography, landscape C19th, genre, tree, river, man, bridge (rural), fence, mill, chimney

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

William Mulready (1786 - 1863)

Title

Suffolk Landscape with Mill

Date

c.1810

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 40.50 cm, width: 61.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Jeremy Maas Gallery, May 1967

Provenance

With Purnell, Daniell & Morell, Honiton, Cornwall; from whom purchased by J. S. Maas & Co. Ltd., London, on 6 April 1967; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in May 1967

GAC number

7861