Location

Country: Norway
City: Oslo
Place: British Embassy

John Hill was an aquatint engraver of topographical views, costume and marine subjects. He produced engravings after the work of contemporary artists, including Augustus Charles Pugin, Edward Dayes and Philip James de Loutherbourg. Hill worked in London from about 1800 to 1814. He later emigrated to the United States, where he died.

Places

England, Richmond (Surrey), Surrey, River Thames, London

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, tree, river bank, river, hill, man, woman, parasol, field, towpath, garden, bridge (urban), country house/mansion, house, punt

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

John Heaviside Clark (c.1771 - 1863)
John Hill (1770 - 1850)

Title

View near Richmond

Date

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from F B Daniell, December 1950

GAC number

1246