The Cascade at Belton, Lincolnshire
Thomas Smith of Derby (fl.1720 - d. Bristol 1767)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1745 (after)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1130 x 1400 mm
Place of origin
Belton
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436153
Caption
A group of visitors can be seen admiring the spectacular water feature, the ‘Cascade’, which was created in 1745. Viscount Tyrconnel must have had it painted by Smith of Derby soon afterwards. Smith revelled in such unusual landscape features, and may well have been attracted to Belton by the reputation of these 'awful' cascades. The picture was recorded in the Chapel Drawing Room after his death, but seems to have been removed by his widow. Tyrconnel also had the picture engraved by Vivares in 1749 and had framed prints sent to all his relatives.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Cascade at Belton, Lincolnshire by Thomas Smith of Derby (fl.1745 - d.Bristol 1767). View of the cascade (created in 1745) within the gardens shown with figures in the foreground.
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) fromEdward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow, C. St J. (b.1936) in 1984
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1984)
Makers and roles
Thomas Smith of Derby (fl.1720 - d. Bristol 1767), publisher
References
Harris 1979 John Harris, The Artist and the Country House. A History of Country House and Garden View Painting in Britain 1540-1870, London 1979, no. 290