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. 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).

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". Remained in the city until 1818, a year before the Plaza de Toros was closed. Vidal made a second trip to the Argentina, settling in the country between 1826 and 1829. His works were published in London in 1820 under the title Picturesque illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Montevideo.

Church of San Domingo

Guachos (Rustics) of Tucuman

General view of Buenos Ayres from the Plaza de Toros

Water Cart

Fuerte de Buenos Aires, rivera norte

Milk Boys

Traveling Post (desplegables)

Convoy of Wine Mules

Travelling Waggon in a Pontano (Morass)

Balling Ostriches

Landing Place