FB701: Front of the Pump Room in the City of Bath
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| Museum number | FB701 |
| Title | Front of the Pump Room in the City of Bath |
| Object type | In category: Pictures » Print » Engraving |
| Date | Circa 1765 |
| People |
By Attributed to Robins, Thomas, the elder (English landscapist and gardener, 1715-1770, active in Bath) - Artist(s) Unknown - Engraver(s) |
| Place of origin | Europe » Northern Europe » British Isles » Great Britain » England » Bath |
| Condition |
Good |
| Dimensions |
8.2 cm height image size 13.7 cm width image size 10.1 cm height paper 14.4 cm width paper 18.6 cm height moujt 25.2 cm width mount |
| Materials & techniques |
In categories: Pictures: Medium » Ink Pictures: Support » Paper |
| Description |
Small copper engraving of buildings round a courtyard. On the left, a building with arched windows on the ground floor. In the centre, an enclosed colonnade of 5 arches topped by urns. On the right a row of shops and houses. Groups of people promenading in front of the buildings: men, women, children and sedan chairs. |
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| Subject |
Buildings and gardens |
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| Notes | Cat. No. 364 in Images of Bath, where it is attributed to Thomas Robins as one of a group of three images of Bath and dated tentatively to c.1765. The first Pump Room, built early in the C18, adjoined the King's Bath. It was extended in 1751, but even so the building soon became too small and was demolished to make way for Thomas Baldwin's Great Pump Room of 1791. This image shows the extended 5-windowed building of 1751-1791. |
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| Literature |
James Lees-Milne and David Ford Images of Bath, Richmond-upon-Thames, 1982: Cat. 364 |
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| Muse theme | Art and Culture in Georgian Bath 1714-1830 |
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| Muse chapter |
Art and Culture in Georgian Bath 1714-1830
Art and Culture in Georgian Bath 1714-1830 Art and Culture in Georgian Bath 1714-1830 » Leisure » Parades and Pleasure Gardens |
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| Places associated with the object |
Europe » Northern Europe » British Isles » Great Britain » England » Bath
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| Method of acquisition | Bequest | |||||||||
| Provenance | Collection of Frank Brown, by whom bequeathed to the Museum |
