Henbury, the Seat of Mr. John Sampson, plate 248 from "The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire"
[1712] reissued 1768
Medium
Hand-colored etching and engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 13 3/4 × 17 3/8 in. (35 × 44.1 cm) Sheet: 16 1/16 × 19 1/2 in. (40.8 × 49.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession Number
2019.282.140
Tags
Art Historical Context
This hand-colored etching and engraving captures Henbury, the grand country estate of Mr. John Sampson in Gloucestershire, England. Created by Dutch-born engraver Johannes Kip and originally published in 1712 as 248 in “The Ancient and Present State Gloucestershire,” the print was reissued in 1768. It presents a sweeping, elevated view of the manor house surrounded by formal gardens, rolling lawns, and wooded parkland, typical of the era’s celebration of landed gentry and their carefully designed landscapes. Kip specialized in precise topographical prints that documented Britain’s great estat...