The Charter-House Hospital

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

William Henry Toms was an engraver of portraits, ships and views of cities and castles in England. He lived at Union Court, Hoborn. He and his wife, Rachel, had a son, Peter (c.1726-1777), who would go on to be a painter. Toms had numerous apprentices during his career, including the engraver and printseller John Boydell. According to the diary of landscape painter Joseph Farington, Boydell described his master as ‘a very passionate man [who] committed many extravagances while his phrenzy [sic] lasted’.

Places

England, London

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, tree, field, fence, garden, house, courtyard, tiled roof, window, chimney, tower

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

William Henry Toms ( - died 1765)

Title

The Charter-House Hospital

Date

Medium

Coloured engraving

Dimensions

height: 21.30 cm, width: 32.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Baynton-Williams, February 1977

GAC number

12800