View from the Inn at Lynton

probably 1811

Thomas Rowlandson

Artist, British, 1756 - 1827

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and gray ink with watercolor on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 14.9 x 24.2 cm (5 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
    mat: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.52.157

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London); J. Hawkesley Elliott Sheffield (died late 1970s); (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1978-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • 105th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, January 23 - February 24, 1978, 28.

1993

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, no. 37.

1996

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.

2006

  • The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

Bibliography

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, ex 37.

Inscriptions

upper center verso in pen and brown ink: The view from the Inn at Linton Devonshire / with Mr. Locks House + grounds / in the bottom; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 5283

Watermarks

J WHA[TMAN] / 18[?]

Wikidata ID

Q64633282

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