Nonnenwerth Drachenfels (near Bonn, Westphalia, on the northern Rhine)
Sackville Smyth (fl.1837)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1837 (inscribed)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
200 x 285 mm
Place of origin
Bonn
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290445
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Nonnenwerth Drachenfels (near Bonn, Westphalia, on the northern Rhine) by Sackville Smyth (fl.1837), 1837. A lake surrounded by mountains an island (Nonnewerth) with a building in the middle distance. A man in a boat in the foreground. Inscribed on the reverse of the stretcher. Painted by Mr Sackville Smyth at C (B?) onn and presented by him to Sir George Crewe on (as) his first (?) in oil painting - Dec. 11 1837 J.C.' The canvas is inscribed on the reverse 'Nonnenwerth Drachenfels SS 1837'. This was a popular route for artists travelling across Europe in the early 19th century; Turner also sketched views down the Rhine with Rolandseck, Nonnenwerth, Drachenfels and the Seven Hills two years previously.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with - 1981) to the National Trust with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Makers and roles
Sackville Smyth (fl.1837), artist