View of the Bridges at Hawick
1776
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1776
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
View of the Bridges at Hawick is a 1776 watercolor by Charles Catton senior, a Rococo painting work, depicting Bridge, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a quiet moment by the Slitrig Water in Hawick, Scotland. Two bridges—one old, one new—cross the river where it meets the Teviot. The older bridge sits in the foreground, while the newer one, built in 1776, sits downstream. We don’t know for sure if Charles Catton senior painted it. It might be his son, who made several prints of Scottish border scenes in the 1790s. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more topographical watercolors.
A watercolour from 1776 depicts the Slitrig Water joining the River Teviot in Hawick, showing the Old Bridge in the foreground, the New Bridge downstream, and the river junction in the distance. The work has been attributed to Charles Catton senior or possibly his son Charles Catton junior, who produced several topographical views of the Scottish Borders. The New Bridge, later known as Drumlanrig Bridge, was built by public subscription in 1776. Prints of Catton’s Scottish views were published by Francis Jukes from 1793.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Catton was the kind of man who carried a little sketchbook everywhere—even on walks with his dogs.
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