Farrant, J. H. and Bleach, J. (2019). John Baptist Malchair, musician and artist, in Lewes, 1754–7. Sussex Archaeological Collections 157. Vol 157, pp. 229-236. https://doi.org/10.5284/1094224. Cite this via datacite
| Title: | John Baptist Malchair, musician and artist, in Lewes, 1754–7 | ||||||
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| Issue: | Sussex Archaeological Collections 157 | ||||||
| Series: | Sussex Archaeological Collections | ||||||
| Volume: | 157 | ||||||
| Page Start/End: | 229 - 236 | ||||||
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| Abstract: | German-born, John Baptist Malchair (1730–1812) came to Lewes as a musician in October 1754, with a regiment of dragoons. He made connections with local gentry and townsfolk, likely including James Lambert (1725–89), organist and artisan painter, before leaving in September 1756, with a brief return visit in July 1757. Under the guidance of Robert Price (1717–61) of Foxley, Herefordshire, Malchair developed his nascent interest in drawing from nature, and four watercolour views of Lewes are among the earliest of the datable examples of his work and are also the earliest surviving views of the town by an artist’s hand. They reflect Price’s distinctive style with the unusual, for England, combination of pencil and wash, rejecting pen and ink. The pictures may have been displayed together in Lewes in 1848, by Henry Wellesley, Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, the city in which Malchair settled in late 1759 for the rest of his life. | ||||||
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| Created Date: | 09 Nov 2020 |
