A Prospect of the Chee-Torr &c. on the River Wie, Two Miles below Buxton

by After Thomas Smith of Derby, c. 1720 -1767

$600 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A rare example from a series that was the first to display the picturesque nature of English landscapes. Landscape prints encouraged admiration of natural scenery and native landscape painters sought British scenes to rival those found abroad ... In stimulating an appetite for British beauty Thomas Smith of Derby... was a pivotal figure. A subscription for eight of the most extraordinary Natural Prospects in the Mountainous Part of Derbyshire and Staffordshire, commonly

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