Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849, Swiss, active in Britain (from 1800)
Title:
Old Smithfield Market
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
20 x 27 1/2 inches (50.8 x 69.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in brown paint, lower left: "JLA"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.252
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
costume | genre subject | street | industry | men | horse breeders | selling | business | buying | buildings | chimneys | horses (animals) | animals | dog (animal) | Clydesdale (breed) | market (event)
Associated Places:
Europe | United Kingdom | England | Old Smithfield Market | London | Greater London
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
Publications:
Jessica David, Jacques Laurent Agasse (1767-1849), An investigation of his painting practice and an overview of his career , British Art Journal, Vol. XII, Autumn 2011, p. 48, fig. 6, N6761 + B74 12:2 (YCBA)Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 109, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)