Emeric Essex Vidal

Emeric Essex Vidal

Paolistas, Soldiers of the East Bank of the Plata
Personal details
Born 29 March 1791
Brentford, United Kingdom
Died 7 May 1861
Brighton, United Kingdom
Nationality English
Occupation painter
writer
Profession Marine

Emeric Essex Vidal (1791–1861) was an English marine, and amateur painter of Buenos Aires and Montevideo.[1] His most important works include Cabildo de Buenos Aires, La lglesia de Santo Domingo, Matadero sur, and El Fuerte y la playa baja (his first watercolor).[2]

Biography

Emeric Essex Vidal was born in Brentford, Middlesex, England, the son of a family of Marines. He enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1816, and arrived at Rio de la Plata in September the same year, aboard the British schooner "Hyacinth".[3] Remained in the city until 1818, a year before the Plaza de Toros was closed.[4] Vidal made a second trip to the Argentina, settling in the country between 1826 and 1829.[5] His works were published in London in 1820 under the title Picturesque illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Montevideo.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Ilustraciones típicas de Buenos Aires y Montevideo :, Emeric Essex Vidal
  2. ↑ Exposición de litografías, estampas y grabados de asuntos argentinos y americanos:, Dirección General de Bellas Artes
  3. ↑ Iconográfía de Buenos Aires: la ciudad de Garay hasta 1852, Bonifacio del Carril, Aníbal G. Aguirre Saravia
  4. ↑ La Buenos Aires ajena: testimonios de extranjeros de 1536 hasta hoy, Emecé Editores
  5. ↑ Revista Medicina 1993
  6. ↑ Artes, ciencias y letras en la América colonial: investigaciones ..., Volume 1, Roberto Casazza
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