| Method | Etching |
| Artist | John Baptist Malchair & Elizabeth Malchair |
| Published | 1770-71 |
| Dimensions | Sheet 290 x 440 each |
| Notes |
A rare set of six etchings by John and Elizabeth Malchair Plates include: Elizabeth Malchair, [Landscape with three trees in a field] 1771, Image 68 x 117 mm, Plate 77 x 125 mm. John Baptist Malchair, [Landscape with river and classical architecture] 1770, Image 104 x 139 mm, Plate 113 x 148 mm. John Baptist Malchair, [Landscape with horse] 1771, Image 105 x 146 mm, Plate 112 x 150 mm. John Baptist Malchair, [Thatched cottage] c.1770, Image & Plate 156 x 187 mm. John Baptist Malchair, [Landscape with thatched cottage] 1770, Image 157 x 220 mm, Plate 173 x 236 mm. John Baptist Malchair, 'Godstow Abbey', 1772, Image 200 x 255 mm, Plate 210 x 265 mm. John Baptist Malchair (1731-1812) was an English painter and printmaker of German birth. The son of a watchmaker, he moved to England c.1754, and taught music and drawing in London, Lewes, and Bristol, before settling in Oxford as a drawing-master, and leader of the band at the city's Music Room. In 1763, he published 12 etchings of views near Oxford; further sets of etchings followed in 1771 and 1772. His only Royal Academy exhibit was a watercolour landscape, shown in 1773, when he was listed as an honorary exhibitor. There is no evidence that he sold his work. Nearly 500 drawings by Malchair are in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; these include unpretentious cottage subjects and panoramic views of the city (e.g. 'Oxford in Flood Time, from Shotover Hill', 1791) characterised by an atmospheric haziness achieved through blurred pencil lines and grey or pastel wash. Elizabeth Malchair nee Jenner, was an amateur British etcher active in the 1770s. She married John Baptist Malchair in 1760. Condition: Some foxing to sheets. Creasing to lower left corners of sheets. Tears to upper right corner of first sheet, some surface dirt to sheets. First sheet has an oil stain the lower margin. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £700.00 |
| Stock ID | 51296 |