A West Prospect of the City of Oxford / Veüe de la Ville d’Oxford du Côté de l’Occident

Location

Country: Czech Republic
City: Prague
Place: British Embassy

John Boydell was born at Dorrington. He was apprenticed to an engraver for seven years before publishing his first volume of printed views of England and Wales in 1748. In 1752 he opened a print shop in Cheapside. Boydell later bought old plates, imported prints and sold works in France, Holland, Germany and Italy. In 1789 he opened his Shakespeare Gallery in Pall Mall and the first set of engravings based on paintings exhibited in the gallery was issued in 1791. Many leading artists exhibited at the venue. Later in life he sustained severe financial losses as a result of the French Revolution and was forced to dispose of his Shakespeare Gallery by lottery. He became an alderman of the City of London and rose to be Lord Mayor of London.

Places

England, Oxfordshire

Subjects

farmer/farm labourer, wagon, topography, landscape C18th, townscape/cityscape, wheat, tree, horse, man, woman, college, field, university, farm, church, spire

Materials & Techniques

engraving

Artist

John Boydell (1719 - 1804)

Title

A West Prospect of the City of Oxford / Veüe de la Ville d’Oxford du Côté de l’Occident

Date

published 1751

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Somerville and Simpson, April 1977

GAC number

13153