View on the Tiber with Rome in the distance
| Reference: | S34773 |
| Author | Thomas Hastings |
| Year: | 1824 |
| Zone: | Tevere |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 220 x 175 mm |
€250.00
| Reference: | S34773 |
| Author | Thomas Hastings |
| Year: | 1824 |
| Zone: | Tevere |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 220 x 175 mm |
€250.00
Description
A panoramic view of Rome taken from Ponte Milvio, on the Tiber. After a painting of Richard Wilson and engraved by Thomas Hastings.
Richard Wilson RA (1 August 1714 – 15 May 1782) was an influential Welsh landscape painter, who worked in Britain and Italy. With George Lambert he is recognised as a pioneer in British art of landscape for its own sake.
Thomas Hastings was an amateur painter, draughtsman, watercolour artist and etcher of landscapes, topographical views, marine subjects and coast scenes. Born Thomas Barnett; changed his surname to Hastings in 1812, under which name he exhibited and published after this date. Officer in the British Army 1795-1811, Captain from 1799. Customs Officer from 1819. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, Society of Painters in Watercolours, British Institution, Liverpool Academy and Hibernian Academy. Associate of the Liverpool Academy. One of the founders of the Society of Carisbrooke Archers in 1829.
A fine impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, good condition.
Bibliografia
Marianne A Yule, Captain Thomas Hastings (1778–1854): His full identity revealed, in “The British Art Journal”, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Autumn 2015), pp. 56-69.
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Thomas Hastings was an amateur painter, draughtsman, watercolour artist and etcher of landscapes, topographical views, marine subjects and coast scenes. Born Thomas Barnett; changed his surname to Hastings in 1812, under which name he exhibited and published after this date. Officer in the British Army 1795-1811, Captain from 1799. Customs Officer from 1819. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, Society of Painters in Watercolours, British Institution, Liverpool Academy and Hibernian Academy. Associate of the Liverpool Academy. One of the founders of the Society of Carisbrooke Archers in 1829.
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Thomas Hastings was an amateur painter, draughtsman, watercolour artist and etcher of landscapes, topographical views, marine subjects and coast scenes. Born Thomas Barnett; changed his surname to Hastings in 1812, under which name he exhibited and published after this date. Officer in the British Army 1795-1811, Captain from 1799. Customs Officer from 1819. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, Society of Painters in Watercolours, British Institution, Liverpool Academy and Hibernian Academy. Associate of the Liverpool Academy. One of the founders of the Society of Carisbrooke Archers in 1829.
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