Return of their Most Gracious Majesties King William, & Queen Adelaide to Somerset House, after the Opening of London Bridge on the 1st of August 1831

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Frederick Calvert, painter, watercolourist and engraver of topographical and marine views, was from Cork in Ireland. He first exhibited at both the Dublin Society of Artists and the Hibernian Society in 1815. In 1827 he moved to London, where he exhibited views of Dover Castle and Broughton Castle from a Pall Mall address and he later exhibited works at the Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street. In 1830, Calvert published ‘Picturesque Views in Staffordshire and Shropshire’ and also worked as an illustrator for the ‘Archaeological Journal’. The Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum hold watercolours by him and oil paintings by him are in the National Maritime Museum and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.

Places

England, London, Waterloo Bridge, Somerset House

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, townscape/cityscape, Victorian Genre, river, crowd, celebration, 19th century costume, dress, military uniform, top hat, bonnet, flag, parade, bridge (urban), house, chimney, oar

Materials & Techniques

lithograph

Artist

Frederick Calvert (c.1785 - c.1845)
William Day (1797 - 1845)

Title

Return of their Most Gracious Majesties King William, & Queen Adelaide to Somerset House, after the Opening of London Bridge on the 1st of August 1831

Date

c.1831

Medium

Lithograph

Acquisition

Transferred from HM Revenue and Customs, December 2012

Provenance

Bequest of Sir Ernest Clark to the Inland Revenue, 1951 (received 1972); transferred to GAC December 2012

GAC number

10372