John Britton
John Britton is represented in this archive by a single illustrated sheet devoted to Cassiobury Park, the Hertfordshire seat of the Earl of Essex, realised as an etching. His subject matter sits firmly in the topographical and architectural description of British country houses and their grounds, a field in which illustration and text worked closely together. The collection holds one work, executed in etching, with dates given by the Met as 1837; the example title documents the estate itself. Where impressions survive beyond the artist's lifetime, they should be understood as later printings of the same plate rather than new compositions.
1 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
