Denham Bridge upon the Tavy

William Payne

1780–1830 · Watercolor · Drawings and Prints

Payne worked as an engineer in Plymouth before moving to London in 1790, to pursue a career as a landscape painter. Here, his innate interest in man-made structures combines with a Picturesque vocabulary. He absorbed the latter from William Gilpin and here applied it to a subject near the town of Tavistock in his home county of Devon.

Artist

William Payne

Date

1780–1830

Medium

Watercolor

Department

Drawings and Prints

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