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ATT JOHN GENDALL 1790 - 1865 LARGE OIL ON CANVAS DOVER HARBOUR

£2,500.00 GBP
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ATT JOHN GENDALL 1790 - 1865 LARGE OIL ON CANVAS DOVER HARBOUR AND CASTLE C1840S

Ships and paddlesteamers before Dover Castle c1840

Oil on Canvas

Attributed John Gendall 1790 - 1865

75 x 126cm

An interesting large oil on canvas of Dover Harbour with the Castle in view above, we have attributed this to John Gendall 1790 to 1865.

The painting is in good condition aside from two small repairs that can be seen from the rear and is framed in a later simple black and gilt frame..


John Gendall (c. 1790 – 1 March 1865) was a British painter known particularly for his landscapes of Devon, London and the Kent coast. Gendall was involved in the early use of lithography in London. He was born and died in Exeter, where he assisted with the creation of the museum and the university.
Life

Gendall was baptised in Exeter on 2 January 1790 at St Edmund's Church. He was the son of John and Frances Gendall. Gendall was employed as a servant but his drawings were talent spotted by an employee of the print seller Rudolf Ackermann in a shop owned by W. Cole. Ackermann arranged to bring Gendall to London where he initially worked filing artists images. During his time with Ackermann he became a manager and he was involved with the company's early experiments with lithography. Gendall was involved in a number of Ackermann's publications including his 1821 Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea ... written by Jean-Baptiste-Balthazard Sauvan and illustrated by Augustus Pugin and Gendall.

In 1824 he left his employment with Ackermann and returned to his home town with his new wife, where he exhibited a large view of the Thames in the Exeter Art Exhibition. Gendall went into partnership with W. Cole, who ran the shop that had been responsible for him being initially discovered. Gendall and his wife lived at 10–11 Cathedral Close. The elder Cole was able to call on Gendall's experience, and the partnership continued until the business went bankrupt and Cole retired. Gendall then launched a similar business based at an Exeter coffee house called Mol's Coffee House.

 He continued to paint in Exeter, and exhibited works at the Royal Academy from 1846 until his death on 1 March 1865.