Hôtel de Ville, Place des Terreaux, Lyons, 1845

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 26.5 x 17.9 cm (10 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal

Accession Number

1995.52.167

Artists / Makers

Robert Smirke (artist) British, 1752 - 1845

Image Use

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Inscription

across bottom in brown ink: Hotel de Ville - Place des Terreaux Lyons. / Octbr 17th 1845; by later hands on verso: 7033 / G4-45 / 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 / 6103 (crossed out)

Provenance

Miss A. Boothby, a descendant of the artist; (Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1968-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
O'Neal, William B., Estate of
O'Neal, William B., Professor

Exhibition History

1973: Master Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, Walter Cecil Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA and tour, 1973-1975.

Bibliography

1975: "Drawings for Theater and Architecture: A Special View of a Noted Virginia Collection of Master Drawings," Arts in Virginia, 15 (Spring 1975), 2, 12 (illus.)

1975: Master Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, Virginia Museum Downtown Gallery, Richmond, 1975, 23.

1993: NGA O'Neal 1993, checklist 221