Beech and Ash on the Greta

Location

Country: New Zealand
City: Wellington
Place: British High Commission

James Duffield Harding was born in Deptford, Kent; the son of an engraver and drawing-master. He was taught by his father, before studying under S. Prout and C. Pye. In 1818 he began exhibiting at the Society of Painters in Water Colours and he later became a member. He was one of the first to practice lithography. Harding travelled to Italy in 1824 and also toured France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. He was a passionate drawing-master and wrote instructional books. His Italian views on different papers (exhibited 1830) led to the range of ‘Harding papers’, manufactured by Whatman. In 1841 he published ‘The Park and the Forest’, a series of lithotints. He lived in St John’s Wood (1848-60), before moving to Barnes, where he died aged 66.

Places

England, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, County Durham, River Greta (Durham)

Subjects

landscape C19th, ash, beech, river, stone/rock, bridge (rural)

Materials & Techniques

lithograph

Artist

James Duffield Harding (1797 - 1863)

Title

Beech and Ash on the Greta

Date

published 1841

Medium

Lithograph

Acquisition

Purchased from William Weston Gallery, April 1980

GAC number

15014