Three gouache landscape paintings attributed to John Laporte (1761-1839). All three pictures are painted on blue laid paper and are to be sold as seen in the photos without mounts or frames. Sizes and condition:The winding river in the mountainous valley is the largest, measuring 14 1/8 x 19 7/8 in.The wooded landscape is the next largest, measuring 11 7/8 x 17 7/8 in.The river landscape with boats is the smallest, measuring 9 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.All three pictures suffer from creases in various degrees with the largest having one small tear which measures about 1.5 cm from the bottom of the sheet. Laporte was born into a family of French Huguenot origins, possibly in London or in Ireland, and studied art under the Irish-born Huguenot painter John Melchior Barralet, either in London or Dublin. He became a drawing-master at the Addiscombe Military Seminary, Surrey. He was also a successful private teacher, and Dr. Thomas Monro (the patron of J. M. W. Turner amongst others), was one of his pupils. From 1785 he contributed landscapes to the Royal Academy and British Institution exhibitions in London, and was an original member of the short-lived society called ''The Associated Artists in Watercolours,'' from which he retired in 1811. He also painted in oils. Laporte published: Characters of Trees (1798–1801), Progressive Lessons sketched from Nature (1804), and The Progress of a Water-colour Drawing. Between 1801 and 1805 he and his collaborator William F. Wells made seventy-two soft-ground etchings after drawings by Thomas Gainsborough (thirty-three by Laporte, the remainder by Wells). They initially issued these etchings as individual plates, upon completion of each (thus bearing publication dates ranging from 1802 to 1805), and then as hand-coloured and bound sets under the title A Collection of Prints, illustrative of English Scenery, from the Drawings and Sketches of Gainsborough (circa 1805; reissued in 1819 by the publisher H.R. Young but with only around sixty-two plates and the original publication dates removed from these).Laporte''s Perdita discovered by the Old Shepherd was engraved by Bartolozzi, and his Millbank on the River Thames by Francis Jukes.Laporte died in London on 8 July 1839, aged 78.All our prices include FREE packing and delivery within the UK.PAYMENT OPTIONSFor UK BUYERS, PayPal /Card transactions can be processed through our company website @ RADNORSHIRE FINE ARTS. We also accept payment by cheque and bank transfer. Deferred payments can be accepted over an agreed period of time whilst paintings remain with us.For buyers OUTSIDE THE UK please contact us with your shipping address so we can provide options and prices. When a price has been agreed an invoice will be sent.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION please contact Clayton T: 01597 272 439M: 07790 208 712Height is 36cm (14.2inches)
Width is 50.5cm (19.9inches)
Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)