Street Scene in Bath, England

ID: 2005-33530

Creator: Graf, C

Form/Genre: Landscape

Date: 1768

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7000, Box 5, Folder 6

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Summary

A street scene in Bath, England, includes buildings with signs for the Library Reading Room and Haward. James Smithson's mother, Elizabeth Hungerford Keate Macie, was from the nearby town of Weston and Mrs. Macie in 1761 enjoyed the freedom of widowhood and the elaborate social life of Bath. Bath was the favorite playground in England for the upper class. It is suspected that this is where she met and had an affair with Sir Hugh Smithson. The affair led to the birth c. 1765 of James Smithson, founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution.

Subject

  • Hungerfords of Studley
  • Macie, Elizabeth Hungerford Keate
  • Smithson, James 1765-1829

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7000, Box 5, Folder 6

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1768

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Carriages
  • Health resorts
  • Landscapes
  • Resorts
  • Hot springs
  • Libraries
  • England

Place

  • Bath (England)
  • Great Britain
  • England

Form/Genre

  • Landscape
  • Engraving
  • Lithographs

ID Number

2005-33530

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 4 1/4w x 3 1/2h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Engraving; Lithograph

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