Drawing by James Parker After James Northcote – The Landing of William Prince of Orange, in Torbay 1688

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Pen and red ink drawing over pencil on wove paper, watermarked J Whatman (c.1801), pasted to a larger sheet of backing paper, watermarked Edmeads & Pine 1802. Inscribed in pencil verso and on the front of the backing sheet beneath the drawing; Drawn by Parker for his engraving after Northcote of “The Landing of Orange”.

This drawing was copied from the original painting by James Northcote for his engraving published in 1801.

Drawing sheet: 17 x 24 in. (43 x 61 cm.)
Backing sheet: 19 1/8 x 25 in. (48.5 x 63.5 cm.)

The print is for display purposes and is not included in the sale of the drawing.

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Parker, James (British, 1750-1805)

Description

Engraving:

Titled: To the Kings most Excellent Majesty, This Plate the Landing of William Prince of Orange, in Torbay, on November the 5th 1688, is with His Gracious Permission humbly Dedicated, by his Majesty’s most dutiful Subject & Servant, John Harris.

Painted by Ja.s Northcote Esq.r R.A. Engraved by Ja.s Parker. Published Nov.r 5 1801 by John Harris No. 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill & 8 Old Broad Street London. Line engraving, platemark 495 x 640mm (19½ x 25¼”).

Description:

Impressive scene after a work by history painter James Northcote depicting the arrival of William, Prince of Orange, in England in 1688, following which he replaced James II to be crowned William III in the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of that year. A banner in the upper right proclaims, ‘for the Protestant religion and liberty of England’. This print was published on November 5th, 1801, the anniversary of the event it commemorates.

William is flanked by his principal supporters Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury; Frederick, Duke of Schomberg; Henry, Count and Lord of Auverquerque; Peregrine, Duke of Leeds; Henry, Earl Romney and Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury; against background of crowds observing the disembarkation of his army.

The whereabouts of the original painting is unknown to us.

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Parker, James (British, 1750-1805)

James Parker trained as an engraver under James Basire (1730-1802) with fellow apprentice William Blake (1757-1827); Between 1784-5 Blake and Parker established a print shop. This venture failed, or the pair had a falling out (accounts differ). Parker engraved numerous illustrative plates for, amongst others, Goldsmith’s Vicar of Wakefield, 1792 and Falconer’s The Shipwreck, 1795 in addition to producing prints work for the publisher John Boydell. Parker was a founding member, and later President, of the short-lived Society of Engravers.

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