| Description | Artist: Motte, William de la
Bound by E Andersen of Rome containing 31 watercolours of Canterbury and district, from 1844-1853, with 1 dated 1826. With a further 23 watercolours by various C19 artists.
Bookplate of Dr F W Cock in flyleaf
De la Motte was of French extraction and spent his boyhood at Weymouth. George III, during his visits to the town, heard of the young artist and placed him in the Royal Academy with the President, Benjamin West. Devoting himself to landscapes and marine views, de la Motte became noted for his beautiful drawings of trees, lithographs of which he was wont to present to his pupils. He exhibited in the Academy from 1796 to 1848 and died 13 Feb 1863, aged 88.
Nos 34 (dated 1843) and 44 are by Dr William Crotch (1775-1847), president of "The Great School" at Oxford and first principal of the Royal Academy of Music 1822-1833. He succeeded Delamotte as drawing master to the undergraduates at Oxford in Feb 1803; Delamotte was appointed 2nd drawing master at Great Marlow Military College in Sep 1803.
Subjects depicted:
1-8 Distant general views of Canterbury
9 Tower and ditch on the city walls
10 Distant general view of Canterbury
11 Cloister
12-13 Norman staircase, Green Court
14 Bastion in city wall
15-16 General Cathedral close-up views
17 Cathedral West end, with (in foreground) excavation with ruined arch
18-19 General Cathedral close-up views
20 St Nicholas Hospital chapel, Harbledown
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23 Gnarled trees
24 St Augustine's Abbey Fyndon gate
25 Roman ruined wall in flat landscape (Richborough fort?)
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27-30 Distant views of Canterbury with trees
31 Timber-framed building by Lady Wootton's Green
32 Green Court gate
33 Canterbury river view
34 Cathedral from St Augustine's site
35 Hythe landscape with distant windmills and church
36 Saltwood Castle (unfinished)
37 East Wickham church, Kent
38 Medieval doorway at Otham nr Maidstone
39 Georgian building with full-width pediment
40 Elaborate fireplace, with girl and cats
41 Ethelbert's tower, St Augustine's Abbey
42 View near Tenterden
43 Park Gate Farm, Elham
44 Cathedral east end
45 .. church, with ships
46 Bucolic rural scene
47
48 Frindsbury & Rochester view
49 St Martin's church Canterbury lych gate & tree
50-51 Bell Harry tower
52 Orange-tiled rural houses
53 Sutton Valence street & East Sutton church (2 items on page)
54 Rural house; Dower |House, E Sutton; Leeds church (3 items on page) |