Park Place near Henley-upon-Thames, the Seat of the Earl of Malmsbury
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
William Havell (1782 - 1857)
Colour aquatint
published 1 August 1814-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
Born in Reading, William Havell was a member of a large artistic family, primarily of printers. He made his first sketching tours to Wales and the Wye Valley in 1802 and 1803. In 1805, he became a founder member of the Old Watercolour Society. In 1816, Havell sailed for China with Lord Amherst’s Embassy, visiting Madeira, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape and Java. He later travelled to Calcutta and stayed in India for eight years, working as a watercolour portrait painter. He returned to England in 1827 but in the following year left for Italy, where he remained until the spring of 1829. After again returning to England, he painted landscapes in oil. Havell’s best landscapes are of his native Reading and the Thames valley.
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Explore
- Places
- England, Park Place, Berkshire, River Thames
- Subjects
- rowing boat, fisherman, topography, Victorian Genre, cow, swan, river, hill, man, woman, garden, country house/mansion
- Materials & Techniques
- aquatint, colour aquatint
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Details
- Title
- Park Place near Henley-upon-Thames, the Seat of the Earl of Malmsbury
- Date
- published 1 August 1814
- Medium
- Colour aquatint
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Agnews, March 1959
- GAC number
- 4904