View of the Town of Bathurst on the River Gambia

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Charles John Mayle Whichelo was born in Brighton, the son of a brewer. He is thought to have been a pupil of John Varley and Joshua Cristall. He became a marine artist, landscape painter and teacher. During his early career he produced illustrations for ‘Select Views of London and its Environs’ (1804-05), ‘London Illustrata’ (1819) and ‘The Beauties of England and Wales’ (1801-15). In 1805, he visited Merton Place, home of Lord Nelson, and was given a sitting by Nelson for a chalk portrait. In 1812, he was described as ‘Marine and Landscape Painter to... the Prince Regent’. He produced mainly sea pieces until the later years of his life, when he turned to English and Swiss landscape and river views. He died in Kensington, aged about 81.
Thomas Lord Busby was a British author, printmaker, miniaturist and portrait painter. His prints were mostly of costume or topographical subjects, made after his own designs. He lived mainly in central London, at addresses in Covent Garden, the Strand, Charlotte Street, Cavendish Square and Fitzroy Square.

Places

Africa, The Gambia

Subjects

rowing boat, horseback, cart, topography, seascape/coastal scene, horse, man, woman, house, ship

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving, aquatint

Artist

H Marten
Charles John Mayle Whichelo (c.1784 - 1865)
Thomas Lord Busby

Title

View of the Town of Bathurst on the River Gambia

Date

Medium

Coloured aquatint and engraving

Dimensions

height: 37.20 cm, width: 53.80 cm

Acquisition

Origin uncertain

GAC number

17509