The Evening of the Glorious First of June 1794

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Engraver and draughtsman Thomas Medland lived in Westminster. He is included in a drawing by A. E. Chalon titled ‘Students at the British Institution’ (1807), suggesting he studied there, although he may have been a teacher. He engraved illustrations for ‘Robinson Crusoe’, after drawings by Thomas Stothard and also became known for his topographical aquatints. Medland was also a watercolour painter and exhibited his watercolours at the Royal Academy. The original watercolour for the ‘West Front of the East India Company College’ was exhibited at the Academy in 1808. Medland died at his home near Haileybury College in Hertford at about the age of 68. Nothing is known of his wife, but his will divided his estate between three children.

Places

Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic

Subjects

topography, seascape/coastal scene, sea, flag, Glorious First of June, ship

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Robert Cleveley (1747 - 1809)
Thomas Medland

Title

The Evening of the Glorious First of June 1794

Date

published 1 August 1795

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from the Parker Gallery, January 1959

Inscription

bottom right [in pencil] 1794

GAC number

15447