| Method | Copper engraving with hand colouring |
| Artist | John Dadley after Edward Dayes |
| Published | Oxford, 1796 |
| Dimensions | Image 315 x 448 mm, Sheet 377 x 540 mm |
| Notes |
Image for the Oxford Almanack of 1796. The scene shows the front of of Christ Church college from the top of St. Aldates. Various figures can be seen in front of the college. The original watercolour drawing is deposited by the Delegates of the Press in the Ashmolean Museum. There is a pencil and wash drawing of the same subject with notes for colour on it in the Bodleian Library. It is close to the engraving except that there is no woman with a dog and the man wears a coat, not a gown. The architecture in this almanack was used by Rowlandson as the background of drawings which are in the possession of the Junior Common Room, Worcester College, and the Ashmolean Museum. Edward Dayes (1763 - 1804) was a British painter and engraver. Having studied under William Pether, he exhibited topographical views at the Royal Academy from 1786 until his death. He also was an exhibitor at the Society of Artists. The master of Thomas Girtin, his influence can be seen in the early drawings of J. M. W. Turner. Draughtsman to the Duke of York, Dayes engraved at least four plates in mezzotint, one after George Morland, another after John Raphael Smith, and two humorous scenes called 'Rustic Courtship' and 'Polite Courtship'. He wrote an 'Excursion through Derbyshire and Yorkshire,' 'Essays on Painting; Instructions for Drawing and Colouring Landscapes', and 'Professional Sketches of Modem Artists'. Petter, Helen Mary, The Oxford Almanacks. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press. 1974. p80. Condition: Trimmed to plate at right margin, light creasing and repaired tear to bottom and right margins. |
| Framing | mounted |
| Price | £275.00 |
| Stock ID | 52867 |