Seven Designs for a Picturesque Village: Design for a Thatched Cottage with Bargeboard Gable
John Nash (Cardigan 1752 - East Cowes 1835)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1798
Materials
Gouache on paper
Measurements
173 x 263 mm
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 607898
Summary
Gouache on paper, Seven Designs for a Picturesque Village: Design for a Thatched Cottage with Bargeboard Gable by John Nash (Cardigan 1752 – East Cowes 1835), circa 1798. A design for the rebuilding of the village of Atcham. A thatched cottage set amongst trees, a family standing to the left. In the background the Wrekin. Glazed in ebonised frame, with giltwood slip.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Makers and roles
John Nash (Cardigan 1752 - East Cowes 1835), designer possibly Augustus Charles Pugin (Normandy c.1762 - England 1832), designer