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Description: | Coloured aquatint. Malton’s view from the vestibule (hall adjacent to an outer door) at Somerset Place looks through open archways, towards the courtyard. Elegantly dressed figures pass through the vestibule, deep in conversation. It has been suggested that the figures included in these works may have been added by painter Francis Wheatley (1747-1801). This illustration was plate 37 of ‘A Picturesque Tour through the Cities of London and Westminster’ (1792-1801). The publication is remarkable for all the plates having been drawn, engraved and aquatinted by the same artist. Malton’s project was the first considerable collection of topographical and architectural drawings of London to be aquatinted and also the first British project to assemble such a large number of aquatint prints. Malton's views are now considered a particularly valuable record of London architecture at the close of the 18th century because, although numerous topographical prints were published at that time, Malton’s often show an unexpected angle or record a building not illustrated elsewhere. | Subjects: | vestibule statue topography 18th century costume woman column government building dog courtyard man | Temporal: | 1796 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Thomas Malton jnr | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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