West Wycombe Park with Walton Bridge

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

William Hannan was born in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland. At about the age of 16 he was apprenticed to a cabinet maker in London. However, between 1751 and 1754 he produced four views of West Wycombe Park in Buckinghamshire for Sir Francis Dashwood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and a famous dilettante. Hannan was also involved in the interior decoration at West Wycombe. Between 1769 and 1772 He exhibited drawings and paintings, mostly Lake District views, at the Society of Artists in London, becoming a fellow in 1770. He also produced paintings after engravings of works by other artists, such as an oil painting after George Lambert’s ‘View of Hamoze and Plymouth Dock’ (Plymouth Art Gallery). Hannan died in High Wycombe at the age of 54.

Places

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, genre, tree, lake, man, woman, girl, 18th century costume, dress, coat, stockings, breeches, child, garden, park, lawn, footbridge, country house/mansion, house, temple (religious building), folly, gondola, ship

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

William Hannan (1725 - 1772)

Title

West Wycombe Park with Walton Bridge

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 64.00 cm, width: 102.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Spink & Son, March 1957

Inscription

None

GAC number

3723