A View of the Castle and Town of Dover
James Mason (1710 - c.1780)
George Lambert (c.1700 - 1765)
Coloured engraving
published 20 February 1762
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
George Lambert, theatre scene and landscape painter, divided his career equally between the two professions. For most of his life he lived in Covent Garden. His early style of the 1720s is similar to that of John Wootton. However, his later classical landscapes earned him the accolade ‘the English Poussin’. Lambert painted the landscape backgrounds for William Hogarth’s paintings ‘The Pool of Bethesda’ and ‘The Good Samaritan’, made for St. Bartholomew’s Hospital (1736-37). In 1761 he was elected chairman of the newly founded Society of Artists of Great Britain. The Society received the Royal Seal on 26th January 1765 and just five days later Lambert died at his home in Covent Garden, leaving his possessions to his servant, Ann Terry.
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Explore
- Places
- England, Dover Castle, Dover, Kent, English Channel
- Subjects
- horseback, topography, seascape/coastal scene, townscape/cityscape, horse, sea, cliff, boy, man, woman, road, path, house, castle, ship
- Materials & Techniques
- engraving, coloured engraving
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Details
- Title
- A View of the Castle and Town of Dover
- Date
- published 20 February 1762
- Medium
- Coloured engraving
- Dimensions
- height: 33.20 cm, width: 55.80 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Frank T Sabin, October 1963
- GAC number
- 6216