Grand Reception Room

Location

Country: Greece
City: Athens
Place: British Embassy

Joseph Nash was born at Great Marlow; the son of a clergyman. He was a pupil of Augustus Charles Pugin, with whom he travelled to Paris in 1829 to make drawings for ‘Paris and its Environs’ (1830). He also lithographed plates for Pugin's ‘Views Illustrative of Examples of Gothic Architecture’ (1830), ‘Architecture of the Middle Ages’ (1838) and ‘The Mansions of England in the Olden Times’ (1839-49). He exhibited from 1831 to 1879, chiefly at the British Institution, the Old Watercolour Society and the New Watercolour Society. His exhibits included architectural subjects and designs from Shakespeare, Scott and Cervantes. His most typical works are interiors of Tudor or Elizabethan mansions peopled with figures. He died at 69, in Kensington.

Places

England, Windsor Castle, Berkshire

Subjects

topography, Victorian Genre, man, woman, 19th century costume, dress, military uniform, waiter, chandelier, clock, fireguard, mirror, soldier, castle, fireplace, armchair, settee, carpet, chair, table (as Subject), reception, state interior

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, colour aquatint

Artist

Joseph Nash (1808 - 1878)

Title

Grand Reception Room

Date

published 1848

Medium

Colour aquatint

Dimensions

height: 35.50 cm, width: 49.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Sotheby's, 22 December 1958

Provenance

Sotheby's 22/12/1958 (Lot 256)

GAC number

4816