John Emes facts for kids
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John Emes (born in 1762, died in 1810) was a talented artist from Britain. He was known for two main things: creating detailed engravings and painting beautiful water-colour pictures. After he passed away, his wife, Rebecca Emes, continued his legacy by running a very successful business that made silver items.
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John Emes: Artist and Engraver
Early Life and Beginnings
John Emes was born on December 30, 1762. His father, William Emes, was a landscape gardener from a place called Mackworth near Derby. This means John grew up around nature and art, which might have inspired his later work.
Famous Artworks and Engravings
John Emes became quite famous for his engravings. One of his most well-known works is an engraving of a painting by James Jefferys. This painting showed The Destruction of the Spanish Batteries before Gibraltar. John Emes finished the etching for this big project in 1786. It was published in October 1789.
Exhibitions and Collections
Besides engraving, John Emes was also a skilled water-colour painter. He created lovely tinted drawings of places like the Lake District in England. Some of his beautiful paintings were even shown at the Royal Academy in London in 1790 and 1791.
Today, you can find three of John Emes's water-colour drawings in the Print Room at the British Museum. One of these is a large drawing showing 'The Meeting of the Royal Society of British Archers in Gwersylt Park, Denbighshire.' The people in this drawing were added by another artist named R. Smirke.
John Emes also worked on a series of sixteen views of the lakes in Cumberland and Westmoreland. These drawings, made with J. Smith, were later turned into prints by S. Alken. They were even included in a popular book called Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West. John Emes also engraved some pictures of places in Dorsetshire. After he died, his collection of prints was sold on March 22, 1810.
