The View from One-Tree Hill in Greenwich Park / Prospect de la Colline appelle One-Tree Hill en Greenwich Park

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Peter Tillemans was born in Antwerp; the son of a diamond cutter. He was brought to England by a picture dealer in 1708, where he soon made a name for himself and became a founding member of Godfrey Kneller’s Academy. In 1724 he collaborated with Joseph Goupy on scenery for Haymarket Opera House. He also produced some 500 topographical drawings for historian John Bridges. In the early 1720s he painted horse or racing scenes and views of the Thames. He was a member of the Rose and Crown Club and the Society of the Virtuosi of St Luke. His versatility is demonstrated by the range of work he painted for Dr Cox Macro, including battle scenes, landscapes, hunting scenes and portraits. He died, aged about 50, while staying with Macro in Suffolk.
Engraver Pierre [Peter] Charles Canot is thought to have been born in France in c.1710; the brother of painter Philippe Canot. He was presumably in London by c.1735, when he produced hunting prints after paintings by John Wootton. A further set of prints, after marine works painted by Peter Monamy, were published in 1746. In 1758 he began a lasting collaboration with marine artist Richard Paton. The outbreak of the Seven Years' War brought commissions for depictions of the many naval engagements. He exhibited 19 works at the Society of Artists from 1760 to 1769 and was elected one of the original associate engravers of the Royal Academy in 1770, exhibiting there until 1776. Canot died at his home in Hampstead Road, in the winter of 1777-78.

Places

England, River Thames, London, Greenwich: Royal Observatory, Greenwich: Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich: Church of St. Alfege, Greenwich Park, Greenwich

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, tree, dog, deer, river, hill, man, woman, park, hospital, cathedral, observatory, sailboat, ship

Materials & Techniques

engraving

Artist

Peter Tillemans (c.1684 - 1734)
Pierre Charles Canot (1710 - 1777)

Title

The View from One-Tree Hill in Greenwich Park / Prospect de la Colline appelle One-Tree Hill en Greenwich Park

Date

published 1746

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

origin uncertain

GAC number

9459