Title: Ruins of Reading Abbey, with a cottage to the right |
Artist: Thomas Rowlandson |
Date of Work: (date is approximate) |
Medium: painting : watercolour |
Dimensions: 425mm x 144mm |
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Caption: Ruins of Reading Abbey, with a cottage to the right, by Thomas Rowlandson. Undated. Around 1800 the Abbey ruins were very popular as `Romantic ruins` for drawing and painting. Rowlandson describes them deftly but can`t resist adding a couple of humorous local people. |
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Object Number: 1981.61.1 |
Acknowledgements: Purchased with assistance from The Victoria and Albert Purchase Grant Fund and Reading Foundation for Art |
Copyright: | Image : Reading Borough Council / Intellectual : n/a | |
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