Thomas Rowlandson
Port Isaac, Cornwall

Port Isaac, Cornwall

Public Domain

Port Isaac, Cornwall
ArtistBritish, 1756–1827
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Port Isaac, Cornwall
Datec. 1790
Place depictedPort Isaac, United Kingdom
MediumWatercolor and pen and ink over graphite on wove paper with artist’s mount with washline border
DimensionsSheet: 11 1/2 × 18 in. (29.2 × 45.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Valerie Greiner
Object number2018.233
Non exposé

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Prints and Drawings
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceJoseph Grego (1843–1908); T. Hastings; Dr. W. H. Hastings; [Walker Galleries, London, by 1949]; Mr & Mrs Hugh B. Cox; private collection, UK, to 2003; private collection; [Lowell Libson and Jonny Yarker, Ltd], 2007–2018; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History"British Painting from Hogarth to Turner, 1730–1850," National Museum, Stockholm, 1950. (Exhibited as A Port in Cornwall).

"Thomas Rowlandson; Watercolours and prints from stock," Lowell Libson Ltd, London, 2007.
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