A North West View of the Quay of Great Yarmouth

Location

Country: Czech Republic
City: Prague
Place: British Embassy

Robert Pollard was born in Newcastle and apprenticed to a watchmaker. He moved to London in 1774 and trained under painter R. Wilson and engraver I. Taylor. By 1781 he had settled in Islington, where he set up as an engraver and publisher. His earliest prints were views of naval actions. Pollard frequently worked with engravers R. Dodd and N. Pocock and sometimes published his own designs. Many of his prints combine different methods of engraving, although aquatint was often added by a specialist. In 1789 he was elected Director of the Incorporated Society of Artists. Pollard moved to Lower Holloway in 1810, selling his print stock, but there he began publishing sporting views, mostly designed by his son James (1792-1867). He died aged 83.

Places

England, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, North Sea

Subjects

rowing boat, carriage, topography, genre, townscape/cityscape, dog, horse, man, woman, flag, bridge (urban), quay, harbour, sailboat, ship

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, colour aquatint

Artist

J Butcher
Robert Pollard (1755 - 1838)

Title

A North West View of the Quay of Great Yarmouth

Date

published 16 January 1790

Medium

Colour aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, December 1958

GAC number

4780