
Not on display
- Artist
- John Inigo Richards 1731–1810
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 406 × 498 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by Mrs M. Bernard 1967
- Reference
- T00925
Display caption
This charming landscape shows the old gothic bridge over the river Erme, near Plymouth in Devon. It was clearly a favourite subject with Richards for he painted it on several occasions, both in oil and watercolour. Richards could be said to have anticipated its appeal as a picturesque subject, for the rustic Ivy Bridge was later painted by numerous artists, including Paul Sandby and J.M.W. Turner.
Richards was a painter of theatrical scenery as well as of topographical views such as this. He was a founder member, and later Secretary, of the Royal Academy and was the god-son of William Hogarth with whom he occasionally collaborated.
Gallery label, September 2004
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Catalogue entry
John Inigo Richards 1720–1810
T00925 Ivy Bridge, Devon 1768
Inscribed ‘J Richards 1768’ on tree-trunk b.l.
Canvas, painted surface 16 x 19¿ (40.5 x 50) on stretcher 16¿ x 20¿ (42.75 x 51.25).
Presented by Mrs M Bernard 1967.
Published in The Tate Gallery Report 1967–1968, London 1968.
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