Artist
John Richard Coke Smyth
![Yeni Valide Camii [New Mosque] and Haghia Sophia from the Golden Horn](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/john-richard-coke-smyth--yeni-valide-camii-new-mosque-and-haghia-sophia-from-the-gold--da58b2fc47388c7c-w320.webp)
John Richard Coke Smyth is a Romanticism artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
John Richard Coke Smyth made precise watercolors of Istanbul’s skyline in the late 1830s. His 1835–36 sheets capture the Yeni Valide Camii mosque rising beside the Golden Horn, with the Süleymaniye Mosque and Haghia Sophia visible in the distance. The crisp lines, soft washes, and low vantage point show the city’s Ottoman architecture framed by the shimmering water. Tap into “The Yeni Valide Camii” to stand inside Smyth’s quiet view of a waterfront that still curves past those same domes today.
Works by John Richard Coke Smyth
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.