This section was inspired by a small but very attractive and informative exhibition of R. T. Pritchett's pen-and-ink drawings, held at the Civic Offices in Esher, Surrey, 31 January - 21 September 2023. Also included in this section are several illustrations previously gathered together by our founder and long-time Editor-in-Chief and Webmaster, George Landow. Marked "Pritchett," they had not yet been discussed; it is a special pleasure to complete this work on George's behalf.
Left: Portrait of R.T. Pritchett in Spielmann 520. Right: Exhibition cabinet, Esher Civic Offices, with a selection of Pritchettt's local work.
"An inventor, an artist, a writer of no little ability, an expert yachtsman, and a keen fisherman — these were some of the gifts and pursuits of Mr. Pritchett" — The Globe, 20 June 1907: 3.
Biographical Material
Watercolours
- "Our Spare Room" at Glasmakil, Skye
- Thanksgiving Day, 27 February 1872: Charing Cross Terminus, and The Queen Arriving at the West Front of St Paul's Cathedral
- Colonial and Indian Exhibition: foreign visitors offering gifts to the Queen, 8 July 1886
- Port Said Coaling Party (together with the illustration)
- Dragging the Canoe with Lady Brassey (together with the illustration)
- The Diamond Jubilee, June-July 1897: St Paul's Cathedral illuminated
- The Golden Jubilee: unveiling of the statue of Queen Victoria on Castle Hill, Windsor, 22 June
- Patiala Elephants. The Drive (together with the illustration)
Pen-and-Ink Drawings
- The Sheep-Wash
- The Beadle
- Old Shepherd: Bedo Philpott. At Home
- "Old Scobie," The Churchwarden
- Family Pew. New Church
- The Towers
- Claremont
- The Old Farm
- The Traveller's Rest
- The Boat House
Illustrations
- H.M.S. Beagle in Straits of Magellan. Mount Sarmiento in the Distance
- Illustrations for "The Straits Settlements and British Malaya" by Sir J. Frederick Dickson
- Prince Consort's Tomb
- "'Sunbeam' R.Y.S. Christmas Day 1886" (and a few other yachts)
Bibliography
Adams, William Henry Davenport. Our Native Land: new series: Windsor Castle and the Water-way Thither. Illustrations (mainly) by R. T. Pritchett. London: Marcus Ward, 1880. Internet Archive, from a copy in the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Web. 7 September 2023.
Brassey, Lady Annie. The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the "Sunbeam". Illustrated by R. T. Pritchett. London: Longman, 1889. Internet Archive, from a copy in the New York Public Library. Web. 7 September 2023.
Brown, Robert. Spunyarn and Spindrift: a sailor boy's log of a voyage out and home in a china tea-clipper. Illustrated by R. T. Pritchett. London: Houlston, 1886. Internet Archive, from a copy in the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Web. 7 September 2023.
Darwin, Charles. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage round the World of the H.M.S. "Beagle": under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N.. London: John Murray, 1890. Internet Archive, from a copy in the Smithsonian. Web. 7 September 2023.
Dickson, K.C.M.G., Sir J. Frederick. “The Straits Settlements and British Malay.” With Illustrations by R. T. Pritchett. The English Illustrated Magazine. 7 (1889-1890): 283-292. Hathi Trust version of a copy in the Pennsylvania State University Library. Web. 16 September 2023.
Long, Basil Somerset. "Pritchett, Robert Taylor." Dictionary of National Biography. Supplement 2, 1901-11: 138-9. Web. 7 September 2023.
Millar, Delia. "Pritchett, Robert Taylor (1828–1907), gun maker and landscape painter." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. 7 September 2023.
Pritchett, R. T. Gamle Norge: or, Rambles and Scrambles in Norway. London: Virtue & Co. 1879. Internet Archive, from a copy in the University of California Libraries. Web. 7 September 2023.
_____. Smokiana, Historical and Ethnographical. London: B. Quaritch, 1890. Internet Archive, from a copy in Columbia University Libraries. Web. 7 September 2023.
"R. T. Pritchett." The Globe, 20 June 1907: 3. BNA (British National Archives). Web. 7 September 2023.
Reynolds, E.G.B. "Early Enfield Arms: The Muzzle-Loaders." Small Arms Profile, No. 14. 1972. Internet Archive, Open Source publication. Web. 7 September 2023. See p.32.
Spielmann, M. H. The History of "Punch". London: Cassell, 1895. See pp. 520-21. Internet Archive, from a copy in the Getty Research Institute. Web. 7 September 2023.
Sullivan, Sir Edward, et al. (including R.T. Pritchett). Yachting. Facsimile of the First Edition. 2 vols. Southampton: Ashford, 1985. (As well as providing a number of the drawn illustrations, Pritchett helped generally with the production of the book, and was the author of "Sliding Keels and Centreboards," I: 110-16.)
Created 7 September 2023
last modified 24 November 2023