HAY – CRAIG – THE VALETTA & PORT OF MALTA. – 1820

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HAY, Frederick R. – CRAIG, William Marshall – 1820

Title of View: THE VALETTA & PORT OF MALTA.

Engraver: Frederick R. Hay

Artist: Craig, William Marshall

Publisher: R. N. Rose

Year: 1st May 1820

bottom left : Engraved by Hay from a Drawing by Craig

bottom right : For the Gallery of Nature and Art

bottom centre : London : Published by R. N. Rose, …… May 1st 1820

Engraving size: 99 x 154 mm

Notes: William Marshall Craig exhibited at times at the Royal Academy, from 1788 until 1827. He first lived at Manchester, but settled in London about 1791. He was painter in water-colours to the Queen, and miniature painter to the Duke and Duchess of York. He also excelled as a draughtsman on wood, and as a book illustrator, and he published in 1821 ‘Lectures on Drawing, Painting, and Engraving.’ He is said to have been a nephew of Thomson, the poet. The Wounded Soldier by him is in the Water-Colour Gallery at the South Kensington Museum. One of his pupils was the mouth-painter Sarah Biffen (1784–1850). view is already on a mounting board ready for framing.