The Senate House, Public Library and the East End of King’s College Chapel in the University of Cambridge

Location

Country: Lithuania
City: Vilnius
Place: British Embassy

Painter and engraver John William Edy was probably born in Denmark, but arrived in England at a young age. In 1779 he entered the Royal Academy Schools as a painter. He later worked as an engraver on R. H. Colebrook's ‘Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysor’ (1794), produced plates after marine views by Robert Cleverley and after sporting designs by John Nost Sartorius. In 1800, Edy travelled to the coast of Norway to make drawings for publisher John Boydell’s ‘Picturesque Scenery of Norway’ (1820). He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1785, 1801 and 1802 and at the British Institution in 1807. In 1812 he was imprisoned for his debts at the King’s Bench Prison, Surrey. His estate and effects were distributed in the following year.

Places

England, Cambridgeshire

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, man, college, coat of arms, library, chapel

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

Richard Bankes Harraden (1778 - 1862)
John William Edy (1760 - c.1830)

Title

The Senate House, Public Library and the East End of King’s College Chapel in the University of Cambridge

Edition

proof

Date

26 March 1798

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Dimensions

height: 46.50 cm, width: 63.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, April 1956

GAC number

3518