The Cotman Collection | Malton, James, Irish, 1761 - 1803

James Malton

Irish, 1761 - 1803


Irish engraver and watercolourist, who once taught geometry and perspective and worked as a draughtsman in the office of the celebrated Irish architect James Gandon. Son of Thomas Malton the Elder (1726–1801), a notable architectural draughtsman and writer on geometry, and brother of Thomas Malton the Younger (1748-1804), also an artist.