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- Young soldier Thomas Davies, born 1737 in Shooter’s Hill, England, joined the British army as a Royal Military Academy cadet at about age 18 in 1755. He acquired the critical skills of munitions for duty with the Royal Artillery and developed the fine touch of watercolour painting for topographical records.
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Thomas Davies FRS FLS (c. 1737 – 16 March 1812) was a British Army officer, artist, and naturalist. He was born c. 1737 in Shooter's Hill (London), England and died 16 March 1812 in Blackheath (London). He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-general in the Royal Artillery.
Dec 14, 2020 · Thomas Davies’ role as an iconographer of colonial North America, and the aesthetic quality of his work, which combined training in topographical images with self-taught talent, make him an important Canadian artist. Thomas Davies was born in Kent in 1737 to a Welsh family.
May 22, 2008 · Today Thomas Davies is considered one of the most talented and original artists to have worked in Canada. His watercolours transcended the topographic tradition as he absorbed the light, texture and colour of Canada's natural world.
Thomas Davies FRS FLS (c. 1737 – 16 March 1812) was a British Army officer, artist, and naturalist. He was born c. 1737 in Shooter's Hill (London), England and died 16 March 1812 in Blackheath (London). He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-general in the Royal Artillery. He studied drawing and recorded military operations in water-colours during ...
'An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara' is an important watercolour documenting the struggle for control of North America. Painted in 1762 by Captain Thomas Davies, a military artist and surveyor, the work illuminates the history of British exploration, science and military enterprise.
DAVIES, THOMAS, army officer and painter in water-colours; b. c . 1737, probably in Shooter’s Hill (London), England, son of David Davies; m. Mary –, and they had two children; d. 16 March 1812 in Blackheath (London), England.
