Location

Country: Holy See
City: Vatican City
Place: British Embassy

Aquatint engraver Francis Jukes was born in Martley, Worcestershire. Nothing is known of his parents. He initially worked as a topographical painter, before becoming one of the first British aquatint engravers. He is thought to have learnt the method from Paul Sandby and some of his first aquatints are after Sandby’s designs. Dukes mainly produced prints of landscape or seascape subjects. He illustrated the Rev. William Gilpin’s ‘Observations on the River Wye’ (published 1782). His early prints were published in collaboration with Valentine Green and he later collaborated with Robert Pollard. Illness towards the end of his life may have been caused by fumes from the acid he used in the aquatinting process. He died in 1812, aged about 67.

Places

Scotland, Scottish Borders, Kelso Abbey, Kelso, Kelso Bridge, River Tweed

Subjects

fisherman, wagon, topography, genre, Romanesque, fish, horse, river bank, river, cliff, Scottish, man, woman, 18th century costume, laundry, basket, bridge (urban), abbey

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, colour aquatint

Artist

Francis Jukes (1745 - 1812)
Charles, the younger Catton (1756 - 1819)

Title

Kelso Bridge and Abbey

Date

published 20 March 1793

Medium

Colour aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, May 1958

GAC number

4645