Museum number
1997.2
Object
Framed coloured aquatint: Sydney Hotel: the Garden Front, by John Hill after John Claude Nattes, 1805
Description
Hand-coloured aquatint, proof. In a modern mount with gold and watercolour border. View of the rear of the Sydney Hotel from Sydney Gardens.The first floor of the hotel building includes a semi-circular projection with canopy, on which music stands are placed.The platform is supported by Ionic columns, the two central columns framing an image of Apollo with his lyre and a putto.To either side of the building are rows of supper-boxes.The garden is peopled by elegant figures, men women and children, most notably a pair of ladies in muslin gowns with short jackets, bonnets and green parasols; a lady in a blue shawl holding a little boy by the hand; a soldier walking under the portico with a lady; a gentleman in a blue coat leaning against a tree. NOT FRAMED - mounted only
Materials
Print - Engraving and aquatint
On display?
No

Further description

Simple name
Aquatint
Subject
Architectural
Dimensions
framed: 2.2cm (d) x 41.8cm (h) x 54.5cm (w)
regular: 34.0cm (h) x 26.0cm (w)
Sydney Hotel: the Garden Front John Hill after Jean Claude Nattes (about 1765-1822) Coloured Aquatint, 1806 ‘Sydney Gardens Vauxhall’ opened at the end of Great Pulteney Street in 1795. This view shows the balcony from which bands performed and the supper boxes where private groups could take refreshments throughout the day. The gardens were entered through the Sydney Hotel, the building that now houses the Holburne Museum. Jane Austen, who lived opposite the hotel at 4 Sydney Place, enjoyed visiting the gardens, whether for the daily public breakfasts or occasional evening galas with fireworks. 1997.2 Purchased by the Friends of the Holburne Museum, 1997

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