Caernarvon Castle, North Wales
Caernarvon Castle, North Wales
Caernarvon Castle, North WalesWatercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour20.3 by 28.8 cm., 8 by 11 ¼ in.One of the best known of the Bristol School of artists, Jackson spent his entire life in his native Bristol. However he travelled extensively through Britain, including to Wales, Devon, northern England and Scotland, as well as further afield visiting the West Indies in 1827 and later in life to Switzerland, in 1855 and again in 1858. Primarily a landscape watercolourist, Jackson established himself as a successful drawing master and was a central figure in the groups of artists working in the city. He was employed by Brunel to draw the landscapes around the designs he submitted for his entry into the Clifton Suspension Bridge competition. Jackson regularly sent his work to the Old Watercolour Society in London, exhibiting some forty-six works between 1823, when he was elected an associate, and his resignation in 1848.){kind=link}
Samuel Jackson (1794-1869)
Caernarvon Castle, North Wales
Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour
20.3 by 28.8 cm., 8 by 11 ¼ in.
One of the best known of the Bristol School of artists, Jackson spent his entire life in his native Bristol. However he travelled extensively through Britain, including to Wales, Devon, northern England and Scotland, as well as further afield visiting the West Indies in 1827 and later in life to Switzerland, in 1855 and again in 1858. Primarily a landscape watercolourist, Jackson established himself as a successful drawing master and was a central figure in the groups of artists working in the city. He was employed by Brunel to draw the landscapes around the designs he submitted for his entry into the Clifton Suspension Bridge competition. Jackson regularly sent his work to the Old Watercolour Society in London, exhibiting some forty-six works between 1823, when he was elected an associate, and his resignation in 1848.