Artist: John Thomas Smith, also known as Antiquity Smith (England, 1766–1833), was an English painter, engraver, and antiquarian.
Title: Rural view with a path winding in the centre at the edge of a forest on the right.
Dimensions: Image 3 1/8" x 5 3/8". Backing sheet 3 1/2" x 6."
Publisher: John McCreery, English publisher and printer (1768-1832).
Edition: A Collection of Original Etchings. The original copper plates were believed to have been destroyed after this publication.
Date: 1816 (published).
Materials and techniques: etchings on thin paper, corners adhered to a sheet of cream support paper. Printed without margins.
Mat and Frame: backing sheet.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: One of the Twenty Rural Landscapes, from Nature, Drawn and Etched by J.T.Smith (London, 1793).
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1860,1208.84.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: English School XVIII C. English School XIX C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the British Museum collections.