Sacred Architecture- Parts of the North and East walls of the Convent of St.Clare or Minoresses as they appeared after the late fire. Drawn April 1797.
John Thomas (Antiquity) Smith (London 1766 – London 1833)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Apr 1797
Materials
Paper, Wood
Measurements
290 x 215 mm
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 636843.1
Summary
Print, etching, Sacred Architecture- Parts of the North and East walls of the Convent of St.Clare or Minoresses as they appeared after the late fire. Drawn April 1797 by John Thomas (Antiquity) Smith (London 1766 – London 1833). One of a set of ten etchings by J.T.Smith of Sacred and Domestic Architecture in black gilt frames with similar mounts; each engraving apppended with a descriptive text and date of drawing. a) 'Sacred Architecture- Parts of the North and East walls of the Convent of St.Clare or Minoresses as they appeared after the late fire. Drawn April 1797.' Further details given. A few men drinking amidst the ruins.
Provenance
1944, gifted to the National Trust by Field Marshal Sir Archibald and Lady Montgomery Massingberd.
Makers and roles
John Thomas (Antiquity) Smith (London 1766 – London 1833), engraver (printmaker)