Artist
Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1756–1827)British, 1756–1827
CultureBritish
Titles
- Port Isaac, Cornwall
Datec. 1790
Place depictedPort Isaac, United Kingdom
MediumWatercolor and pen and ink over graphite on wove paper, laid down on 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
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsSpecial Collections
Object Type
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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