View on the Avon
Gendall’s painting probably depicts the wooded stretch of the Avon valley near Loddiswell, South Devon. Born in Devon, John Gendall moved to London in 1811 where Sir John Soane introduced him to the publisher Rudolph Ackermann. He worked for Ackermann for several years, conducting experiments in the art of lithography and contributing numerous illustrations to the firm's publications and topographical series. Gendall continued to paint landscapes of Devonshire after leaving Ackermann's employment, and exhibited his works at the Royal Academy until 1863.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- K243
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- View on the Avon
- Simple Name
- painting
- Inscription Transcription
- W; 3
- Period Classification
- George IV (1820-1830); Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- c 1830
- Production Person Initials
- John
- Production Person Surname
- Gendall
- Production Year Low
- 1820
- Production Year High
- 1840
