Thomas Medland

Thomas Medland (c. 1765 – 1833) was an English engraver, draughtsman and painter. He is best known today for his engravings of landscapes, but he also exhibited watercolours at the Royal Academy. Very little is known of his life or education, although his inclusion in a drawing by Alfred Edward Chalon titled Students at the British Institution (1807) suggests that he may have spent some time at that institution.^[1]

Medland lived in Westminster for much of his life, but moved near to Hertford after his appointment as the drawing and oriental-writing master at the East India Company’s newly founded Haileybury College in 1806.^[1][a]The East India Company purchased the Haileybury estate in 1806, but the college did not open until 1809.^[2]

Nothing is known of Medland’s wife, but at his death his estate was divided between his three children.^[3] In his will, he bequeathed his household goods and furnishings to his unmarried daughter Anne, his clothing to his youngest son Henry, and the choice of a picture, drawing, book, or proof to his eldest son William.^[1]