Hôtel de Ville, Place des Terreaux, Lyons

1845

Robert Smirke

Associated Names
Robert Smirke

Artist, British, 1752 - 1845

The drawing displays an elaborate and grand building facade. It depicts a detailed classical European building with ornate architecture, likely situated in an urban setting. The building features multiple stories, a symmetrical layout, columns, arched windows, sculptures adorning the roof line, a central tower with a dome, and a formal square or plaza. An inscription adds historical context to the piece.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession Number

    1995.52.167

Artwork history & notes

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

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.)

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

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, checklist 221

Inscriptions

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)

Watermarks

[WHA]TMAN / Y MILL / 13 (partial watermark)

Wikidata ID

Q64629084

You may be interested in

Loading Results