A View of Mount Edgcumbe from the Platform on Mount Wise at Dock near Plymouth
‘A View of Mount Edgcumbe from the Platform on Mount Wise at Dock near Plymouth’ by artist R. Bright, c.1788. This watercolour and pencil drawing depicts a platform with three cannons and a marching soldier. Beyond that is a river with various vessels and on the opposite bank Mount Edgcumbe. It is highly reminiscent of the political satire prints which were circulating Britain at the time this was executed.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 46/1925/22
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Collector Excavator
- Lane, Mr John (from the collection of)
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Common Name
- A View of Mount Edgcumbe from the Platform on Mount Wise at Dock near Plymouth
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- Capt Bright 1788; A View of Mount Edgcumbe from the Platform on Mount Wise at Dock near Plymouth
- Period Classification
- George III (1760-1811)
- Production Town
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1788
- Production Person Initials
- R
- Production Person Surname
- Bright
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
