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William Pearson (1772 - 1849)

Fellow artists

William Pearson (1772–1849) was a professional watercolourist and engraver who after settling in Shrewsbury in 1802 published a set of etchings, Select Views of the Antiquities of Shropshire, that included a print after Girtin’s A Reconstruction of Moreton Corbet Castle, from the West (TG1556). Pearson copied a number of Girtin’s watercolours, including Hereford Cathedral (see comparative image TG1364) and The Village of Jedburgh (see comparative image TG1229). Given that rare signed works by Pearson, such as From Boxley Hill, near Maidstone (see comparative image TG1775), resemble those of his more famous contemporary, it is not surprising that other works in Girtin’s style, but lacking his fine touch, have been attributed to Pearson.

1800

A Reconstruction of Moreton Corbet Castle, from the West

TG1556

1798 - 1799

Hereford Cathedral, from across the River Wye

TG1364

1797 - 1798

The Village of Jedburgh, with the Abbey Ruins

TG1229

1798 - 1805

An Unidentified Landscape with a Church amongst Trees

TG1775

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