Thomas Rowlandson
English, 1756–1827
New Town, Old Church (Isle of Wight)
c.1790–98
| Medium | pen and brush and gray ink and watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 5 1/4 × 18 3/8 in. (13.3 × 46.6 cm) Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm) |
| Object Number | 2007.8.95 |
| Acquisition | Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Thomas Rowlandson, New Town, Old Church (Isle of Wight), c.1790–98, pen and brush and gray ink and watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.95
Select Bibliography
. A Loan Exhibition of Important Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson. Ellis & Smith, London, May 6-29, 1948.
. Thomas Rowlandson: Drawings from Town & Country. Museum and Art Gallery, Reading, England, March-April 1962.
Leger Galleries. English Watercolours. November 14-December 21, 1984. London: Leger Galleries. 1984.
Dent, L.M.E. Hillfields: Notes on the Contents. 1972.
Hayes, John. Gainsborough and Rowlandson: A New York Private Collection. New York: Published privately, 1998.
Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.
Provenance
Possibly Sir John Crampton (by 1923); Major Leonard M. E. Dent (1936–1984, his sale, The Dent Collection of Watercolours and Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, Christie’s, London, 10 July 1984, no. 3, sold to Leger); [Leger Galleries, London, July–Nov. 1984, sold to Manton, Nov. 1984]; Sir Edwin G. Manton, New York (1984–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.
