South West Prospect of Coalbrook-Dale…

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Francois Vivares was born near Montpellier, France. He was apprenticed to a tailor but made drawings, etchings and engravings in his spare time. He moved to London, aged 18, to study under French engraver and draughtsman Jean-Baptiste-Claude Chatelain and later under Italian painter Jacopo Amigoni. By 1744 he was publishing prints. He opened a print shop near Leicester Fields (now Leicester Square), producing prints after his own work, that of his pupils and ‘of the best Masters’. He became one of the most renowned landscape engravers of his time and is particularly known for engravings after the works of French painter Claude Lorrain. In 1766, he became a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists. He died in London, aged 71.

Places

Subjects

topography, landscape C18th, tree, horse, smoke, hill, field, iron works, factory, country house/mansion, house, tower

Materials & Techniques

engraving, line engraving, coloured

Artist

Francois Vivares (1709 - 1780)

Title

South West Prospect of Coalbrook-Dale…

Date

1758

Medium

Coloured line engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Parker Gallery, January 1973

GAC number

9841