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A View of the Petrifying Spring, commonly call'd The Dropping Well, &c at Knaresbrough, in Yorkshire

Print
1746-1747 (made)
Artist/Maker
Smith, Thomas of Derby (artist)
Vivarès, François (engraver)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

A print depicting a rural landscape. To the left is a spring beside which a group, including two men and two women, are gathered around a table. Another woman, carrying a bottle, is walking in front of the spring. To the right of the image, in the distance, are picturesque ruins with two figures visible standing in the archway of the ruins.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Landscapes
Copies and Facsimilies
Object type
Print
TitleA View of the Petrifying Spring, commonly call'd The Dropping Well, &c at Knaresbrough, in Yorkshire (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching and engraving on paper
Paper
Etching
Engraving
Brief description
Print by François Vivarès after Thomas Smith of Derby, 'A View of the Petrifying Spring, commonly call'd The Dropping Well, &c at Knaresbrough, in Yorkshire', etching and engraving, Great Britain, 1746-7
Physical description
A print depicting a rural landscape. To the left is a spring beside which a group, including two men and two women, are gathered around a table. Another woman, carrying a bottle, is walking in front of the spring. To the right of the image, in the distance, are picturesque ruins with two figures visible standing in the archway of the ruins.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 38.6cm
  • Plate width: 54.2cm
  • Sheet height: 43.4cm
  • Sheet width: 58.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Lettered with title)
  • 'it belongs to Sr. Hen: Sligsby Bart. and the Ruins of the Castle to the Rt. Hon: the Earl of Burlington. To whom this Plate is inscrib'd by their most humble & most obedient Servant T. Smith. / Tho. Smith Pin./ F. Vivares Sculpt./ Printed for John Bowles at No.13 in Cornhill, London.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted
Spring
River
Ruins
People
Dog
Landscape
Association
Knaresborough
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3155-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O192096/a-view-of-the-petrifying-print-smith-thomas-of/
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