George Morland
(1763-1804), English painter of animals and rustic scenes, was born in
London on the 26th of June 1763.
His grandfather, George H. Morland, was a subject painter, three of
whose popular pictures were engraved by Watson and Dawe in 1769. The
son, H. R. Morland, father of George, was also an artist and engraver,
and picture restorer, at one time a rich man, but later in reduced
circumstances. His pictures of Jaundry-maids especially were very
popular in their time, and were reproduced in mezzotint. They
represented ladies of some importance who desired to be painted,
according to the fashion of the day, engaged in domestic work. Morland's
mother was a Frenchwoman, who possessed a small independent property of
her own; she is believed to have been the Maria Morland who exhibited
twice at the Royal Academy in 1785 and 1786, although some writers have
stated that Maria Morland was not the mother, but one of the sisters of
George Morland. Morland displayed his artistic genius early , he learned
to paint at three and exhibited his first work at the Royal Academy at
the age of ten. Morland was a hard working painter, producing more than
4000 paintings during the entirety of his career, and sometimes painting
many works in a day.
Sheep and Catttle
Soft Ground etching dated in plate to 1820 published by R. Ackermann ,
1010 The Strand Good margins some faint foxing to the edge 26 x 21 cm
£42
Donkey , Goat , Calf and Catttle
Soft Ground etching dated in plate to 1820 published by R. Ackermann ,
1010 The Strand Good margins some faint foxing to the edge 26 x 21 cm
£42
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