The Solent

Location

Country: UK
City: England
Place: Wiston House, Foreign Office, Wilton Park

John Cleveley the younger was the son of marine painter John Cleveley the Elder and the twin brother of Robert Cleveley, also a marine painter. John and Robert were born at Deptford and John was apprenticed to his father, then a shipwright, at an early age. He was later taught to paint in watercolour by Paul Sandby and in oils by his father. Cleveley exhibited at the Free Society from 1767 and at the Royal Academy from 1770. He was appointed draughtsman to Joseph Bank’s expedition to Iceland in 1772 and exhibited two drawings of Iceland at the Royal Academy in the following year. In 1774, he moved from Deptford to Brewer Street, Golden Square. The following year he travelled to Lisbon, Portugal. Cleveley died in London at the age of 38.

Places

England, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, The Solent

Subjects

horseback, topography, seascape/coastal scene, horse, sea, beach, man, woman, three masted, sailboat

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), ink, watercolour (as object name)

Artist

John, the Younger Cleveley (1747 - 1786)

Title

The Solent

Date

Medium

Pen and ink and watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 37.20 cm, width: 54.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Sir Bruce Ingram, 1963

Inscription

bl: Jn Cleveley Jnr / Del.

Provenance

Collection of journalist and newspaper editor Sir Bruce Stirling Ingram (1877-1963) and on loan to the Ministry of Works from 1952; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in 1963

GAC number

1579