Bradley, The Seat of Thomas Dawes, plate 449 from "The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire"
This print belongs to a set of views of Gloucestershire estates drawn and etched by Johannes Kip, who moved to England when William and Mary assumed the throne in 1688. He was one of several Dutch artists, printmakers and publishers who helped to establish a new tradition of English topographical printmaking. Kip’s bird’s-eye views describe the properties of gentry and minor nobles rather than princes and record the considerable expenditures that many landowners made in 1690s and early 1700s. Published after 1710, the prints record details of houses, courtyards, and gardens often with long allées of trees extending out across the property. Many of these late Baroque enhancements would soon be swept by a rising taste for picturesque landscape.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bradley, The Seat of Thomas Dawes, plate 449 from "The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire"
- Series/Portfolio: The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire, 2nd ed.
- Artist: Johannes Kip (Dutch, Amsterdam before 1653–1721? London)
- Subject: Relates to Thomas Dawes (British, died 1704)
- Date: [1712] reissued 1768
- Medium: Hand-colored etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 13 7/8 × 17 1/8 in. (35.2 × 43.5 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/8 × 19 3/4 in. (40.9 × 50.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.282.136
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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