Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10

John Thomas Smith
18th century landscape etching pastoral house nature scene detailed ink trees

1793

$2,160
£1,606.86
€1,883.92
CA$3,021.03
A$3,373.07
CHF 1,769.82
MX$41,629.68
NOK 22,246.81
SEK 20,815.83
DKK 14,054.39
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

"Near Mill Hill, Gravesend" is an original etching by John Thomas Smith. It depicts a cottage and farmstead with a few small figures. The piece is titled on the bottom. 5 1/4" x 6 3/4" image 15" x 16 3/4" frame John Thomas Smith (1766-1833) was a painter, engraver and antiquarian, born in London, and the son of a sculptor. His father worked under sculptor Daniel Nollekens, where Smith first received his artistic training, but left to study drawing with John Keyse Sherwin and at the Royal Academy. Smith published books of engravings and worked as a drawing master in Edmonton. In 1807 he published Antiquities of Westminster which has been described as his major work. Between 1810 and 1815, Smith created drawings and engravings of notable beggars in London and published The Streets of London: Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents. Smith was offered the position of Keeper of the Prints department of the British Museum in September 1816 which, still allowed Smith to sketch and draw until his death.
  • Creator:
    John Thomas Smith (1766 - 1833, British)
  • Creation Year:
    1793
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)Width: 16.75 in (42.55 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
    1790-1799
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Milwaukee, WI
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 9285g1stDibs: LU60532348251

More From This Seller

View All
18th century landscape etching pastoral house nature scene detailed ink trees
By John Thomas Smith
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"English Country Fisherman by the Cottage" is an original etching by John Thomas Smith. The miniature etching features a country cottage with a thatc...
Category

1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Etching

18th century landscape etching pastoral nature scene detailed ink trees
By John Thomas Smith
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Near Tottenham Midd." is an original etching by John Thomas Smith at the top right of the image, reading "Drawn & Etch'd by J. T. Smith, Engraver of the Antiquities of London & Envi...
Category

1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Etching

18th century landscape etching pastoral house nature scene detailed ink trees
By John Thomas Smith
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Figure by the Cottage in Forest" is an original etching by John Thomas Smith. The miniature landscape shows a pair of cottages in the woods, nestled back into the trees. A river flo...
Category

1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Etching

"Forest Glen, " Etching Landscape initialed in Plate by John Thomas Smith
By John Thomas Smith
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Forest Glen" is an original etching by John Thomas Smith. The piece was initialed in plate. It depicts a small inlet to a lush forest. 3 5/8" x 3 1/2" art 12 7/8" x 12 3/4" frame ...
Category

1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

"Country Inn by the Pond, " Etching by John Thomas Smith
By John Thomas Smith
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Country Inn by the Pond" is an original etching by John Thomas Smith. It depicts a cozy building surrounded by trees and vegetation and next to a pond. 3" x 5 1/4" art 16" x 18 1/...
Category

1790s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

17th century etching black and white landscape scene forest trees cattle
By Claude Lorrain
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Bouvier (The Cowherd)" is an original etching by Claude Lorrain. It depicts a shepherd with a herd of cows. This etching is also in the collections of the Met and the Louvre. It ...
Category

1630s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

You May Also Like

Landscape - Etching by Pierre Quentin Chedel - 1755
By Pierre Quentin Chedel
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an etching realized by Pierre Quentin Chedel in 1755. Good conditions. Signed on Plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was realized f...
Category

1750s Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Cottage in the Forest of Arden /// British Victorian Landscape Cottage Etching
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jacob George Strutt (English, 1784-1867) Title: "Cottage in the Forest of Arden" Portfolio: Deliciae Sylvarum or Grand and Romantic Forest Scenery in England and Scotland Year: 1829 Medium: Original Etching on chine appliqué on heavy wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Unknown Publisher: Jacob George Strutt, London, UK Sheet size: 14.07" x 21.13" Image size: 9.63" x 13.82" Condition: Minor soiling and discoloration in margins. Light areas of waterstaining about sheet mainly in margins. It is otherwise a strong impression in very good condition Very rare Notes: There is an example of this work within the permanent collection of the British Museum, London, UK and the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Biography: Jacob George Strutt (4 August 1784 – 1867) was a British portrait and landscape painter and engraver in the manner of John Constable. He was the husband of the writer Elizabeth Strutt, and father of the painter, traveller and archaeologist Arthur John Strutt...
Category

1820s Victorian Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Intaglio

Country Houses - Original Etching by Baron De Thiers - 1760s
Located in Roma, IT
Country Houses is an original etching realized by Baron De Thiers (après Boucher) in the 1760s. The artwork is in good conditions, full margins. Image Dimensions: 16.5x23 cm. Som...
Category

1760s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Countryside - Etching by Pierre-François Laurent - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Countryside is an etching realized by Pierre-François Laurent in 18th Century. Good conditions. Signed on plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category

1750s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Landscape - Etching by Israel Henriet - Late-17th Century
By Israel Henriet
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original Modern artwork realized by Israel Henriet (Nancy, 1590 - 1661) in the second half of the XVII Century. Original B/W Etching on ivory cardboard. Inscripte...
Category

Late 17th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Landscape - Etching by Pierre Quentin Chedel - 1755
By Pierre Quentin Chedel
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an etching realized by Pierre Quentin Chedel in 1755. Good conditions. Signed on Plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was realized f...
Category

1750s Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching