Thomas Malton, was an English painter of topographical and architectural views, and an engraver.
11 Facts About Thomas Malton
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Thomas Malton is designated "the younger" to differentiate him from his father Thomas Malton, the Elder.
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Thomas Malton was with his father during the latter's residence in Dublin, and then passed three years in the office of James Gandon the architect, in London.
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In 1774 Malton received a premium from the Society of Arts.
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Thomas Malton entered the Royal Academy and in 1782 gained a gold medal for his design for a theatre.
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In 1791 Thomas Malton moved to Great Titchfield Street, and finally, in 1796, to Long Acre.
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Thomas Malton made a few of the drawings for William Watts's Seats of the Nobility and Gentry published in 1779, and executed some large aquatints of buildings in both London and Bath, being one of the first to avail himself of the newly introduced art of aquatinta for the purpose of multiplying copies of his views.
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Thomas Malton painted some scenes for the Covent Garden Theatre.
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Thomas Malton died in Long Acre, London, on 7 March 1804, leaving a widow and six children.
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Thomas Malton the Younger's brother James Malton was a notable artist, draughtsman and engraver in Ireland and London.
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Works by Thomas Malton can be found in the UK Government art collection and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath, Somerset and the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.