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Glastonbury, Somersetshire

Watercolour
ca. 1816 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Glastonbury, Somersetshire; View, up the principal street, with a church in the distance; a carriage, with post horses at full gallop, frightening a woman riding on a donkey near; women gossiping while getting water at the conduit; Watercolour.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleGlastonbury, Somersetshire
Materials and techniques
water-colour
Brief description
Rowlandson, Thomas; Glastonbury, Somersetshire; View, up the principal street; a carriage, with post horses at full gallop, frightening a woman riding on a donkey; Watercolour; The subject etched by the artist as plate 24 of 'Rowlandson's World in Miniature, No. 2'; English School; ca.1816.
Physical description
Glastonbury, Somersetshire; View, up the principal street, with a church in the distance; a carriage, with post horses at full gallop, frightening a woman riding on a donkey near; women gossiping while getting water at the conduit; Watercolour.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.8in
  • Width: 9.2in
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
The subject etched by the artist as plate 24 of Rowlandson's World in Miniature, No. 2, 1816.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.800

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Record createdNovember 9, 2009
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