Joseph Nash

Joseph Nash ( born December 17, 1809 in Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, † December 19, 1878 in London ) was an English watercolor painter and lithographer, known for his masterful depictions of Gothic architecture and historic buildings.

Nash was the eldest son of a pastor, who led the Manor House School in Croydon. Later he studied with the artist and architect Augustus Pugin Charles, under which he specially developed into a skillful draftsman of Gothic architecture. In 1829 he traveled to Paris with Pugin and assisted there when creating the drawings for the work, which appeared in 1830 Paris and its Environs.

Early on, Nash turned to lithography and delivered as the stone carvings for Pugin's 1830 published book of Views Illustrative Examples of Ghotic Architecture. In addition, he illustrated novels and poetry. However, his special attention was paid to the picturesque mansions from the 16th century (see: Tudor style ) and its magnificent interiors. Hampton Court Palace and Speke Hall were, for example, buildings that Nash often represented. In 1838 he published Architecture of the Middle Ages.

From 1839 to developed over a period of 10 years Nash's four -volume work Mansions of England in the Olden Time. To bring together the wealth of illustrations, he traveled across the country. He focused on the architectural aspects of buildings and bustling their presentation skillfully with figures. The work was extremely popular, and the lithographs contained were widely spread; it was awarded to them even affect the ( rising ) Number of historic buildings.