York House

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Engraver and draughtsman Thomas Medland lived in Westminster. He is included in a drawing by A. E. Chalon titled ‘Students at the British Institution’ (1807), suggesting he studied there, although he may have been a teacher. He engraved illustrations for ‘Robinson Crusoe’, after drawings by Thomas Stothard and also became known for his topographical aquatints. Medland was also a watercolour painter and exhibited his watercolours at the Royal Academy. The original watercolour for the ‘West Front of the East India Company College’ was exhibited at the Academy in 1808. Medland died at his home near Haileybury College in Hertford at about the age of 68. Nothing is known of his wife, but his will divided his estate between three children.

Places

England, London, Whitehall

Subjects

wheelbarrow, horseback, cart, topography, townscape/cityscape, horse, man, woman, broom, coat of arms, gate, street, pavement, country house/mansion, portico, chimney

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Johann Sebastian Müller (c.1715 - 1792)
Thomas Medland

Title

York House

Date

published 1 April 1795

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Walter T Spencer, December 1970

GAC number

9056