E. Woodville Ricketts, Dover Panorama from the Sea, Kent – 1829 graphite drawing

Edward Woodville Ricketts Dover Panorama from the Sea, Kent

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View the full Collection: Edward Woodville Ricketts (1808–1895): Topographical Drawings of a Yachtsman

An original 1829 graphite drawing – Edward Woodville Ricketts, Dover Panorama from the Sea, Kent.

A charming panorama by Edward Woodville Ricketts (1808–1895). This is one of a collection of pictures that we have for sale by the artist. Ricketts was a keen yachtsman and the pictures chart his travels as a young man, especially the coastal topography that he encountered.

Please note that the artist has hinged two sheets to create the panorama. The artwork will ship folded at the join. The two sheets are hinged imperfectly and slightly overlap so will need flattening at the join when opened out.

There are partial graphite sketches on the verso. Please note the small size of this artwork.

Edward Woodville Ricketts (1808–1895): Topographical Drawings of a Yachtsman

This drawing is one of a collection of pictures that we have for sale by Edward Woodville Ricketts (1808–1895). The pictures chart Ricketts' travels as a young man in his twenties, exploring the world by sea.

Edward was born at Kibworth Rectory in Leicestershire to George William Ricketts, who had an estate at New Canaan in Jamaica, and Letitia Mildmay. After studying at Oriel College, Oxford he entered the Civil Service and went on to become principal clerk to H.M. Treasury.

Ricketts was a keen yachtsman and his drawings predominantly document coastal topography. He works in a meticulous observational style, mapping coastal contours and noting locations and dates. This style owes much to the military and cartographic draughtsmanship pioneered in Britain in the mid-18th century by Paul Sandby (1731–1809).

The pictures cover views on the south coast of England from 1829 to 1834, Wales in 1830 and Devon in 1831, along with Yorkshire in 1835 and Scotland 1835–1839.

He visits Northern France 1829–1831, and the coasts of Ireland in 1830 and the Netherlands in 1849. More sustained travels include France, Switzerland and Italy in 1838 and the 1850s (Ricketts' three children were born in Naples between 1837 and 1840), and an extensive tour of the Andalusia region of Spain and Gibraltar in 1833.

There is also record of the area around his parents' home at Nascot House in Watford.