Eton, from the Slough Road
William, (of Oxford) Turner (1789 - 1862)
William Byrne (1743 - 1805)
Coloured engraving
1 July 1803
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
William Byrne made etchings and engravings of landscapes after contemporary artists. At 22 he won a premium of 25 guineas from the Society of Arts. From 1769 to 1772 he worked for Johann Georg Wille in Paris. After returning to the UK he became a prosperous engraver and publisher. He exhibited from 1766 to 1780 and was elected a fellow of the Incorporated Society of Artists. With watercolourist Thomas Hearne he produced the series of engravings for ‘The Antiquities of Great Britain’ (1778-06). Among his pupils were Samuel Middiman and Johann Gottlieb Schumann. Byrne married twice and had five children, all of whom became painters and / or engravers. Byrne died suddenly at his home in Titchfield Street, Westminster, at about the age of 62.
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- Subjects
- topography, landscape C19th, tree, river, man, college, road, bridge (rural), school, chapel
- Materials & Techniques
- engraving, coloured engraving
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Details
- Title
- Eton, from the Slough Road
- Date
- 1 July 1803
- Medium
- Coloured engraving
- Dimensions
- height: 15cm, width: 21.4cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Sotheby's, 22 February 1977
- GAC number
- 13100