Drawing the Net at Haweswater
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Print, uncoloured engraving, Drawing the Net at
Haweswater, painted by Jacob Thompson, 1767, engraved by J C
Armytage, published by Virtue and Co, London.
The scene was painted for William Baliol Brett, MP, a lawyer who was later Lord Justice Brett in the Northern Circuit. He was Solicitor General, 1868, and was created Viscount Esher, 1897; b.1815 d.1899. With him in the boat is his wife, and his daughter and sons are nearby on the shore. Seated on a ledge is the Earl of Lonsdale, and by him the Earl of Malmesbury. The boatman, Captain F W Lowther, and Mr Robinson, Secretary to Lord Lonsdale, are drawing the net. Jacob Thompson, b.1896 d.1879, often stayed at Measandbeck Hall, the home of Mr Bland, and drew many pictures of Hawes Water. |
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| inscription:- |
printed bottom, left, right, and centre
JACOB THOMPSON, PINXT. / J. C. ARMYTAGE, SCULPT. / DRAWING THE NET AT HAWESWATER. / LONDON, VIRTUE & C. LIMITED |
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| source type:- | Thompson 1860s-70s | |
| wxh, image:- | 266x165mm | |
| General notes | ||
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Paintings, and prints, by Jacob Thompson 1806-1879.
Jacob Thompson was born at Penrith, son of a quaker factory owner; he painted genre, landscape, and other scenes, working in The Lakes in the later part of his life. |
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