A View of the East Front of the Queen’s Palace, St. James’s Park

Location

Country: Ethiopia
City: Addis Ababa
Place: British Embassy

James Miller was the son of Johann Sebastian Müller (c.1715-c.1790), a watercolour painter of flowers and an engraver, born in Nuremberg. Müller moved to England in 1744, changing his name to John Miller. His son James also became a watercolour painter, but was best known for his views of buildings in London and landscapes made in the surrounding area. The figures in James Miller’s works were criticised as ‘rather out of scale and badly drawn’ in H. L. Mallalieu’s ‘Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists’ (1976). Miller exhibited at the Society of Artists of Great Britain from 1773 to 1791 and at the Royal Academy from 1781 to 1788.

Places

England, London, St. James's Park, Buckingham House

Subjects

topography, genre, townscape/cityscape, boy, man, woman, girl, 18th century costume, dress, coat, stockings, waistcoat, breeches, servant, path, gate, park, railing, lamp post, palace, facade, door, window

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

James Miller

Title

A View of the East Front of the Queen’s Palace, St. James’s Park

Date

published 1 March 1796

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, May 1960

GAC number

5152