Lambeth Palace and St. Mary’s Church with St. Paul’s

Location

Country: Cyprus
City: North Nicosia
Place: British High Commission

Landscapist William Marlow was born in London or Southwark. He trained in the studio of marine painter Samuel Scott in Covent Garden (1756-61) and is also thought to have studied at the St Martin’s Lane Academy. Marlow spent his early career travelling around England in search of subjects; painting English country houses and the areas around Twickenham, Richmond, and the lower banks of the Thames. On the advice of the Duchess of Northumberland he travelled to France and Italy (1765-66). He exhibited at the Society of Artists, becoming Vice-President in 1778, and at the Royal Academy. Marlow lived for a time in Leicester Fields (now Leicester Square). His one pupil was John Curtis. In c.1785 he retired to Twickenham, where he died aged 72.

Places

England, River Thames, London, St. Paul's Cathedral, Millbank, Church of St. Mary, Lambeth, Lambeth Palace, Lambeth

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, genre, townscape/cityscape, tree, river bank, river, house, palace, cathedral, dome, tower, barge/canal boat

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

William Marlow (1740 - 1813)

Title

Lambeth Palace and St. Mary’s Church with St. Paul’s

Date

c.1770

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 50.00 cm, width: 74.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Oscar & Peter Johnson, October 1973

GAC number

10840