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John Nixon (before 1759-1818)
View in Regents Park looking towards Islington & The City (Oct 1816)
Inscribed with title and date (bottom right)
Black ink, watercolour and monochrome wash on paper
Mounted
The watercolour 'View in Regents Park looking towards Islington & The City' and its partner, 'Terraces at Regents Park' are rare and important visual references in the history and development of London. The subject matter and date (1816) point firmly to the achievements of the architects John Nash and James Morgan.
In 1811 a lease on part of the Crown Estate, Marylebone Farm, was due to expire. The land would become available for the Crown to develop. The Commissioners of Woods and Forests had their architects draw up a plan for the future which John Nash produced in 1811. It was a bold plan for a new park for gracious living for London's elite, and a major redesign of part of central London to accommodate a route from the park to Westminster. The credit for Regent's Park, as this project became, rightly belongs to Nash, but it was Morgan who supervised the work of planting, road making, and laying out the park, including the lake, under Nash's direction.
In 1816 the building of Islington Tunnel was in progress and dominated Morgan's life until it was completed in 1818. Three quarters of a mile long, it was built with explosives and wheelbarrows, horses and manual labour. In 1818 the eminent engineer Thomas Telford was asked to report on the tunnel. He reported "materials and workmanship excellent, and its direction perfectly straight"
One of the most notable amateur artists working in London in the late eighteenth century, John Nixon became best known for his caricatures of urban society.
John Nixon was the son of Robert Nixon, a successful Irish merchant. With his brother Richard, he too developed a mercantile career, living and working at Basinghall Street, near Guildhall Yard in the City. He was a special juryman at the Guildhall and a Captain of the Guildhall Volunteers. Yet at the same time, he moved in leading artistic and fashionable circles, acting as honorary secretary of the Beefsteak Club and producing a number of landscape paintings, caricatures and illustrations.
Nixon exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts between 1781 and 1813, while another of his brothers, the Rev Robert Nixon (1759-1837), was an honorary exhibitor between 1790 and 1808. As curate at Foots Cray, Kent, Robert played host to J M W Turner, who painted his first oil while staying with him in 1793, and gave him his first lessons in landscape painting.
He also received lessons in figure painting from Stephen Rigaud. In 1798, Robert accompanied Turner and Rigaud on a sketching tour of Kent. Yet another brother, James, was a miniature painter.
John Nixon combined business and pleasure by both trading and sketching on the frequent tours that he made to Ireland in the 1780s and 1790s he was accompanied on one such Irish trip by topographer and caricaturist, Captain Francis Grose (1791), and in turn went with Thomas Rowlandson to Bath (1792).
As a result of extensive travels, across Britain and on the Continent (1783-84 1802 and 1804), Nixon became a topographical illustrator his drawings were included in Seats of the Nobility and Gentry (1779-86) and he illustrated Thomas Pennant’s Journey from London to the Isle of Wight (1801) and a Guide to Watering Places (1803). He also exhibited a set of illustrations to Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy at the Royal Academy (1786). Throughout the period, he drew popular caricature prints, often published by William Holland and usually satirising social preoccupations, such as A Country Dance.
Nixon was a member of the set of Elizabeth Craven (Lady Craven), Margravine of Ansbach at Brandenburg House, Hammersmith, and proved a notable amateur actor in its theatrical productions.
Visiting the Isle of Wight regularly from 1789, Nixon died there, in Ryde, in 1818. Before he died he was bequeathed the estate of Upland, Ilford, Essex, by his great uncle Richard Eastland.
His work is represented in numerous public collections, including the British Museum and the V&A. PAYMENT OPTIONS
PayPal /Card transactions can be processed through PayPal on our company website. We also accept payment by cheque and bank transfer. Deferred payments can be accepted over an agreed period of time whilst paintings remain with us.
CONDITION AND PRESENTATION
In our description, if a picture is shown to be framed then the frame will be included with the sale of the picture. Unless stated otherwise all unframed watercolours, drawings and prints have been mounted onto acid-free conservation board using either Japanese hinging paper or reversible wheat starch past. Unframed and mounted pictures are then wrapped in clear polyester film to protect both the picture and the mount. All conservation work has been carried out by accredited conservators.
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Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd
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Powys
Mid Wales
Tel : 01597 272 439
Non UK callers : +44 1597 272 439
Inscribed with title and date (bottom right)
Black ink, watercolour and monochrome wash on paper
Mounted
The watercolour 'View in Regents Park looking towards Islington & The City' and its partner, 'Terraces at Regents Park' are rare and important visual references in the history and development of London. The subject matter and date (1816) point firmly to the achievements of the architects John Nash and James Morgan.
In 1811 a lease on part of the Crown Estate, Marylebone Farm, was due to expire. The land would become available for the Crown to develop. The Commissioners of Woods and Forests had their architects draw up a plan for the future which John Nash produced in 1811. It was a bold plan for a new park for gracious living for London's elite, and a major redesign of part of central London to accommodate a route from the park to Westminster. The credit for Regent's Park, as this project became, rightly belongs to Nash, but it was Morgan who supervised the work of planting, road making, and laying out the park, including the lake, under Nash's direction.
In 1816 the building of Islington Tunnel was in progress and dominated Morgan's life until it was completed in 1818. Three quarters of a mile long, it was built with explosives and wheelbarrows, horses and manual labour. In 1818 the eminent engineer Thomas Telford was asked to report on the tunnel. He reported "materials and workmanship excellent, and its direction perfectly straight"
One of the most notable amateur artists working in London in the late eighteenth century, John Nixon became best known for his caricatures of urban society.
John Nixon was the son of Robert Nixon, a successful Irish merchant. With his brother Richard, he too developed a mercantile career, living and working at Basinghall Street, near Guildhall Yard in the City. He was a special juryman at the Guildhall and a Captain of the Guildhall Volunteers. Yet at the same time, he moved in leading artistic and fashionable circles, acting as honorary secretary of the Beefsteak Club and producing a number of landscape paintings, caricatures and illustrations.
Nixon exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts between 1781 and 1813, while another of his brothers, the Rev Robert Nixon (1759-1837), was an honorary exhibitor between 1790 and 1808. As curate at Foots Cray, Kent, Robert played host to J M W Turner, who painted his first oil while staying with him in 1793, and gave him his first lessons in landscape painting.
He also received lessons in figure painting from Stephen Rigaud. In 1798, Robert accompanied Turner and Rigaud on a sketching tour of Kent. Yet another brother, James, was a miniature painter.
John Nixon combined business and pleasure by both trading and sketching on the frequent tours that he made to Ireland in the 1780s and 1790s he was accompanied on one such Irish trip by topographer and caricaturist, Captain Francis Grose (1791), and in turn went with Thomas Rowlandson to Bath (1792).
As a result of extensive travels, across Britain and on the Continent (1783-84 1802 and 1804), Nixon became a topographical illustrator his drawings were included in Seats of the Nobility and Gentry (1779-86) and he illustrated Thomas Pennant’s Journey from London to the Isle of Wight (1801) and a Guide to Watering Places (1803). He also exhibited a set of illustrations to Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy at the Royal Academy (1786). Throughout the period, he drew popular caricature prints, often published by William Holland and usually satirising social preoccupations, such as A Country Dance.
Nixon was a member of the set of Elizabeth Craven (Lady Craven), Margravine of Ansbach at Brandenburg House, Hammersmith, and proved a notable amateur actor in its theatrical productions.
Visiting the Isle of Wight regularly from 1789, Nixon died there, in Ryde, in 1818. Before he died he was bequeathed the estate of Upland, Ilford, Essex, by his great uncle Richard Eastland.
His work is represented in numerous public collections, including the British Museum and the V&A. PAYMENT OPTIONS
PayPal /Card transactions can be processed through PayPal on our company website. We also accept payment by cheque and bank transfer. Deferred payments can be accepted over an agreed period of time whilst paintings remain with us.
CONDITION AND PRESENTATION
In our description, if a picture is shown to be framed then the frame will be included with the sale of the picture. Unless stated otherwise all unframed watercolours, drawings and prints have been mounted onto acid-free conservation board using either Japanese hinging paper or reversible wheat starch past. Unframed and mounted pictures are then wrapped in clear polyester film to protect both the picture and the mount. All conservation work has been carried out by accredited conservators.
Price The price has been listed in British Pounds.
Conversion rates as of 4/NOV/2024. Euro & Dollar prices will vary and should only be used as a guide.
Always confirm final price with dealer. SOLD
DimensionsImage 9 in x 16 5/8 in. (23 cm x 42.2 cm.)
Mount 15 3/8 in x 22 1/2 in. (39.1 cm x 57.5 cm.)
Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art
> Antique Watercolours
Date 1816
Regency Antiques Material Paper
Origin British
Condition The watercolour has been cleaned and laid onto conservation board using reversible wheat starch past, old tears have been stabilised.
Item code as176a310
Status Sold
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Every effort has been made to give our clients complete confidence and satisfaction when buying from our company.
Great care and trouble has been taken to ensure that all details written for every picture are correct and the photos are of sufficient quality so that each item can be viewed in detail. If the purchaser can find a fault (by way of a photograph) as proof of damage in transit that is not present in our promotional photo i.e. a tear in the canvas, broken glass, broken frame, damage to surface of picture, then a full or part refund will be offered back to the purchaser depending on the extent of the damage. This will only apply within 24 hours of signing for the parcel.
If the parcel has arrived and appears to be damaged in some way please return the parcel to us (unopened) and we will refund the purchase price on receipt of the picture.
If the purchaser can prove with written evidence from three independent experts that our description was false or misleading in any way then a full refund will be offered back to the purchaser.
Every effort has been made to give our clients complete confidence and satisfaction when buying from our company.
View all stock from
Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd
Private dealerBy appointment only
Powys
Mid Wales
Tel : 01597 272 439
Non UK callers : +44 1597 272 439
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