Street Scene in Bath, England
Object Details
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- 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.
- 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
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Date
- 1768
- Standard number
- 2005-33530
- Author
- Graf, C
- Subject
- Hungerfords of Studley
- Macie, Elizabeth Hungerford Keate
- Smithson, James 1765-1829
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Landscape
- Engraving
- Lithographs
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 4 1/4w x 3 1/2h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Engraving; Lithograph
- Place
- Great Britain
- Bath (England)
- Topic
- Carriages
- England
- Health resorts
- Hot springs
- Libraries
- Resorts
- Record ID
- siris_sic_11608
