View of Margam House, Glamorgan, Looking North
SMITH, Thomas (attrib.)
The South side of Margam House was the entrance or show front of the 16th and 17th century mansion.
At the bottom of the painting, travellers make their way past its gates. An avenue of trees runs up to a second gateway with a formal water garden beyond.
When Sir Rice Mansel converted the monks" living quarters into a house in the 1550s he kept the mediaeval gatehouse. Most of the gabled range to the right and the central tower probably date from about 1600. However the Mansel family continued to adapt and improve the house, and the wing on the left had been modernised and extended about thirty years before.
People are playing bowls in front of the banqueting house on the upper right. Deer graze in the park, which also contains walled orchards and farm buildings. The artist has adapted the outline of the three hills in the background to frame the house in the landscape.
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Collection
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number
NMW A 29925
Creation/Production
SMITH, Thomas (attrib.)
Date: 1700 ca
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. Art Fund and HLF, 21/5/2012
Purchased with support from The Art Fund and The Heritage Lottery Fund
Techniques
Oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
Art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
Oil paint
Location
In store
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