A General View of the House and Gardens of Chatsworth in Derbyshire, a Beautiful Seat of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire

Location

Country: France
City: Strasbourg
Place: UK Delegation to Council of Europe

Thomas Smith of Derby was a topographical and picturesque landscape painter who lived in Bridgegate, Derby. He exhibited at the Society of Artists and the Free Society of Artists from 1760 to 1767. Several examples of his work include groups of elegant tourists admiring views of country estates. He took his art sufficiently seriously to name both his sons after great painters, calling them Thomas Correggio Smith and John Raphael Smith (who continued the tradition by naming his son John Rubens Smith). Both of his sons naturally became artists, as did his daughter, Emma. Smith died on 5 September 1767 in Hotwells, a district of Bristol.

Places

England, Chatsworth, Derbyshire

Subjects

topography, landscape C18th, tree, horse, river, cliff, boy, man, woman, girl, field, bridge (rural), garden, country house/mansion

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Thomas, (of Derby) Smith (c.1720 - 24-1767)
18th - 19th century unknown

Title

A General View of the House and Gardens of Chatsworth in Derbyshire, a Beautiful Seat of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire

Date

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Parker Gallery, March 1973

GAC number

10057