View of Mount Edgcumbe, taken from the Rope House, Plymouth Dock

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

William Tomkins first exhibited at the Free Society of Artists in 1761. He went on to exhibit at the Incorporated Society of Artists and the Royal Academy. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1771. Tomkins’ works are mostly representations of gentlemen’s seats in the North and West of England. His patrons included Edward Walter of Stalbridge in Dorset, the Parkers of Saltram in Devon and James Duff, Second Earl of Fife. Some of his works were engraved for ‘The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry in Great Britain and Wales’ (1787-c.1800) and ‘The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a Collection of the Most Interesting and Picturesque Views’ (1779-86). He died at his home in Queen Anne Street, Marylebone, in London, aged about 60.

Places

England, Plymouth, Devon

Subjects

carriage, topography, landscape C18th, genre, seascape/coastal scene, horse, hill, man, woman, laundry, cooking, cooking pot, coat of arms, signage, dock, country house/mansion, house, tower, sailboat

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, colour aquatint

Artist

William Tomkins (c.1732 - 1792)
Charles Tomkins (1757 - 1823)

Title

View of Mount Edgcumbe, taken from the Rope House, Plymouth Dock

Date

published 1 May 1790

Medium

Colour aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Parker Gallery, March 1967

GAC number

7571