Frederick Mackenzie trained as a pupil of architect John Adey Repton. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy at 16 and soon afterwards began working for antiquary and topographer John Britton, illustrating Britton’s publications. From 1813, he exhibited his work at the Society of Painters in Watercolours, showing 97 paintings there in total. His early exhibits were almost exclusively views of Oxford and Cambridge Colleges, while later exhibits were mainly English churches and cathedrals. He was elected a member of the Society in 1823 and served as its Treasurer from 1831. He also continued to illustrate books, three of which he published. In his 50s he married Mary Hine, a widow. He died at their home, near Regent’s Park, aged about 65.

Places

England, London, Westminster

Subjects

statue (as Subject), sculpture (as Subject), topography, gravestone, monument, chapel, abbey, church, religious/ecclesiastical interior

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, colour aquatint

Artist

Frederick Christian Lewis (1779 - 1856)
Frederick Mackenzie (1787 - 1854)

Title

Chapel of St. John the Evangelist

Date

published 1 December 1812

Medium

Colour aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Baynton-Williams, January 1978

GAC number

13583