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Thomas Malton junior was the
son of an architectural draughtsman and
writer on perspective who exhibited
drawings at the Incorporated Society of
Artists and at the Royal Academy.
Malton the younger was placed with the
architect James Gandon and admitted to
the Royal Academy Schools as an
architectural student in 1773, where he
was awarded a silver medal in the
following year and in 1782 a gold for a
theatre design. He was a constant
Academy exhibitor, chiefly of views of
London streets and buildings, very
carefully drawn in Indian ink and
tinted; figures added, it is believed,
by Francis Wheatley. He also designed
scenery for Covent Garden Theatre and
was noted for his drawing-school where
the young Turner and Girtin were to
undergo a course of drawing in
perpective and were taught strict
accuracy in architectural detail and
the art of representing buildings in a
convincing way.
The Picturesque Tour is remarkable,
in that the 100 large plates were all
engraved and aquatinted by the artist
in person. The secret of the aquatint
process, rediscovered in France in 1768
by Le Prince, had crossed the Channel
with Charles Greville and in 1774 was
passed on to Paul Sandby, who dubbed it
'aquatinta' and applied it to his 24
Views in Wales and four Views of
Warwick Castle published 1774 to 1777.
Malton's project was on an altogether
larger scale as it was not only the
first considerable collection of London
topography and architecture engraved in
aquatint but also the first large
British assembly of such engravings on
any topic.
Between May 1781 and June 1787 he
had drawn, and aquatinted in grey, a
dozen large plates (about 330 x 480/360
x 510mm) of the London scene, a series
in all but name.
MALTON'S PICTURESQUE TOUR 1792 -
TEXT Series 72 as catalogued in "London
Illustrated 1605-1851" by Bernard
Adams
by
Thomas MALTON, (1748-1804) London:
Published by T. Malton, September 2nd
1799. Hand-coloured aquatint. Image
size (including text): 10 1/8 x 12 1/8
inches. Sheet size: 11 1/2 x 14 5/8
inches.from Malton's ambitious series
of aquatints and engravings "A
Picturesque Tour Through London,"
issued between 1792-1801. The son of
the architectural draughtsman Thomas
Malton, Thomas Malton the younger was
an early exponent of the art of
aquatint, which he used to make
multiple copies of the topographical
views for which he was famous. He was
chiefly known for his stunning views of
London, which were prized for their
architectural accuracy and regarded as
valuable topographical records. Like
his brother James, Malton worked as a
draughtsman in the office of the
celebrated Irish architect James Gandon
in London. He regularly exhibited at
the Royal Academy, beginning in 1773,
and was awarded a prestigious pecuniary
prize by the Society of Arts in 1774.
From 1783 to 1789, he taught an evening
drawing class from his home in London's
Conduit Street, where he instructed a
young Thomas Girtin and J. M. W.
Turner, the latter of whom he greatly
influenced. £220 framed glazed no
defects ! Pictured behind glass
actually better colour no age toning
stunningly good and rare. by
Thomas MALTON, (1748-1804) London:
Published by T. Malton, September 2nd
1799. Hand-coloured aquatint. Image
size (including text): 10 1/8 x 12 1/8
inches. Sheet size: 11 1/2 x 14 5/8
inches.from Malton's ambitious series
of aquatints and engravings "A
Picturesque Tour Through London,"
issued between 1792-1801. The son of
the architectural draughtsman Thomas
Malton, Thomas Malton the younger was
an early exponent of the art of
aquatint, which he used to make
multiple copies of the topographical
views for which he was famous. He was
chiefly known for his stunning views of
London, which were prized for their
architectural accuracy and regarded as
valuable topographical records. Like
his brother James, Malton worked as a
draughtsman in the office of the
celebrated Irish architect James Gandon
in London. He regularly exhibited at
the Royal Academy, beginning in 1773,
and was awarded a prestigious pecuniary
prize by the Society of Arts in 1774.
From 1783 to 1789, he taught an evening
drawing class from his home in London's
Conduit Street, where he instructed a
young Thomas Girtin and J. M. W.
Turner, the latter of whom he greatly
influenced. £95 in an odd paper
'window' mount no age toning stunningly
good and rare.
Uxbridge
House at 7 Burlington Gardens in
London (known at other times as
Queensberry House) by Thomas Malton
Junior, published 1801. W3
Now.
.No. 7 Burlington Gardens: The Royal
Bank of Scotland . Formerly No. 1 Old
Burlington Street . The nucleus of the
present building is formed by the
surviving carcase of a house built in
1721&endash;3 and known as Queensberry
House. Its site comprises the
westernmost seven bays of the southern
(Burlington Gardens) front and the
southernmost 53 feet of the western
(Old Burlington Street) front.
Queensberry House was rated in Old
Burlington Street but its front faced
south. It was altered and enlarged to
its present extent c. 1785&endash;9 and
was thenceforward known as Uxbridge
House until its sale to the Bank of
England in 1855, when further
alterations were made. Thereafter it
was rated in Burlington Gardens.
.also on W page
T. Malton delint. & fecit.
Publish'd (date) and Sold by T. Malton,
No. 8, Carlisle Street, Soho. f Plate
20, page 32 Cockspur Street. Jan 18th
1797. 215 x 305mm. by
Thomas MALTON, (1748-1804) London:
Published by T. Malton, September 2nd
1799. Hand-coloured aquatint. Image
size (including text): 10 1/8 x 12 1/8
inches. Sheet size: 11 1/2 x 14 5/8
inches.from Malton's ambitious series
of aquatints and engravings "A
Picturesque Tour Through London,"
issued between 1792-1801. The son of
the architectural draughtsman Thomas
Malton, Thomas Malton the younger was
an early exponent of the art of
aquatint, which he used to make
multiple copies of the topographical
views for which he was famous. He was
chiefly known for his stunning views of
London, which were prized for their
architectural accuracy and regarded as
valuable topographical records. Like
his brother James, Malton worked as a
draughtsman in the office of the
celebrated Irish architect James Gandon
in London. He regularly exhibited at
the Royal Academy, beginning in 1773,
and was awarded a prestigious pecuniary
prize by the Society of Arts in 1774.
From 1783 to 1789, he taught an evening
drawing class from his home in London's
Conduit Street, where he instructed a
young Thomas Girtin and J. M. W.
Turner, the latter of whom he greatly
influenced. £85 water mark to the
sky would remove also on SW St Dunstans; & Temple Bar **
This image is not listed on Motco site
or any other so may be a lot earlier
but as all description is removed and
it has been affixed as a 'window' mount
in paper many years ago nothing can be
known** Also on EC4
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