Honfleur

c. 1821

Richard Parkes Bonington

Associated Names
Richard Parkes Bonington

Artist, British, 1802 - 1828

The image depicts a landscape near a coastal area, with a high horizon line showing the shoreline and water. The composition features light brushstrokes suggesting boats and figures, resembling watercolor technique. The color palette includes shades of brown, sepia, and a hint of a shoreline with trees. Boats and figures are centered in the image.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brown wash over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Donald Stone

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9 × 14.4 cm (3 9/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.117.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christie's, South Kensington, 30 May 1990, part of no. 139; (James Mackinnon, London); to Donald Stone, New York, April 1992; gift to NGA in 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

1991

  • Noon, Patrick. Richard Parkes Bonington: 'on the pleasure of painting'. Exh. cat. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, and Petit Palais, Paris, 1991: under no. 16.

2008

  • Noon, Patrick. Richard Parkes Bonington: The Complete Paintings. New Haven, 2008: no. 25 (repro), and under no. 80..

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: No. 2; No. 22 [crossed out]

You may be interested in

Loading Results