Landscape with a luxurious barge docked in front of a villa with a flight of steps leading up under a colonnaded porch, down which a company of people in 16th century dress descend to embark (after John James Chalon)
James Tibbitts Willmore ARA (Erdington 1800 - London 1863)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1855
Materials
paper
Measurements
390 x 650 mm; 590 mm (Height); 790 mm (Width)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286698
Summary
Engraving, Landscape with a luxurious barge docked in front of a villa with a flight of steps leading up under a colonnaded porch, down which a company of people in 16th century dress descend to embark (after John James Chalon) by James Tibbitts Willmore ARA (Erdington 1800 - London 1863). Published by the Art Union of London, 1855. State before title. Boats are filled with people and sail along a river between classical buildings. The wooden boats have carved bows with flowing banners. People embark and disembark at an opulent classical portico between trees.
Makers and roles
James Tibbitts Willmore ARA (Erdington 1800 - London 1863), engraver (printmaker) after John James Chalon, RA (Geneva 1778 - London 1854), artist Art Union of London., engraver and publisher