Object Description
‘The Grand Canal from St. Mark’s, Venice’ by Edward Pritchett RWS (1807-1876). The painting hangs in a superb gilded and sgraffito carved exhibition frame bearing insignias of the Lion of St. Mark.
Edward Pritchett was one of the most gifted and successful 19th century British painters Venetian scenes. Unlike a great many of his contemporaries, Pritchett spent time working in Venice whilst on a sketching tour of Europe in 1828. Every other biography of Pritchett you will have ever read will claim that “little is known of his life” other than he “spent more than three decades living and working in Venice”. Neither statement is true.
• For an accurate in-depth look at the life and work of Edward Pritchett visit the News & Articles page of the Academy Fine Paintings website.
Between 1828 and 1864 Edward Pritchett exhibited a total of twenty-three paintings at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, and the Society of British Artists. Today his work can be found in numerous important collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Yale Centre for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut.