Oxnead Hall, Norfolk (after John Adey Repton)
John Smith (1797-1837).....
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1809
Materials
Paper
Measurements
250 mm (H)304 mm (W)202 mm (H)260 mm (W)
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1396346
Summary
Print, copper line engraving, Oxnead Hall, Norfolk (after John Adey Repton) by John Smith (1797-1837). For the 'Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain', London, Published Jan 1st 1809 by Longman and Co, Paternoster Row and J. Taylor, High Holborn. Frontal view of house with formal gardens in front. Black and gilt frame, glazed.The house was originally built for Sir Clement Paston around 1580, but was remodelled by Nicholas Stone, for Sir William Paston, between 1631 and 1632. At its zenith the house had seventy-nine rooms, but under the Earls of Yarmouth it declined until by 1744 it was described as ruinous.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1909).
Makers and roles
John Smith (1797-1837)....., engraver (printmaker) after John Adey Repton (Norwich 1775 – Springfield 1860), artist