Domestic Architecture- The upper apartments of the same magnificent mansion. Drawn in May 1792
John Thomas (Antiquity) Smith (London 1766 – London 1833)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
May 1792
Materials
Paper, Wood
Measurements
290 x 215 mm
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 636843.9
Summary
Print, etching, Domestic Architecture- The upper apartments of the same magnificent mansion. Drawn in May 1792 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. i) 'Domestic Architecture- The upper apartments of the same magnificent mansion. Drawn in May 1792'. Further details given. A complex panelled space devoid of furniture with a projecting fireplace(left) and arcaded English Renaissance frieze above and a strapwork ceiling.
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)