Interior of a cottage at Rievaulx, Yorkshire
Watercolour
1840 (made)
1840 (made)
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Watercolour view of the interior of a cottage at Rievaulx in Yorkshire. A woman sits on a chair, to the right of the painting. She faces the viewer, and concentrates on her knitting. To the left of the painting, the door to the cottage is open, allowing the viewer to also see into the garden beyond. Signed and dated by the artist.
Object details
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| Title | Interior of a cottage at Rievaulx, Yorkshire (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour |
| Brief description | Watercolour by Charles West Cope depicting the interior of a cottage at Rievaulx, Yorkshire. Great Britain, 1840. |
| Physical description | Watercolour view of the interior of a cottage at Rievaulx in Yorkshire. A woman sits on a chair, to the right of the painting. She faces the viewer, and concentrates on her knitting. To the left of the painting, the door to the cottage is open, allowing the viewer to also see into the garden beyond. Signed and dated by the artist. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | C W Cope Sept 4. 1840. |
| Credit line | Given by Sir Arthur Cope |
| Object history | Like the views in Mortham Tower (cat.nos.62a, 62b), these interiors were painted on the spot during one of Cope's sketching tours. By 1840, artists were touring Britain in search of subjects, not only in the outdoor landscape, but in the 'picturesqueness', even quaintness, of the interiors of old buildings, preferably the timbered, plastered and thatched houses of the period 1300-1600. This love of such buildings still flourishes among British tourists from home and abroad today, and is often thought to be a peculiarly British phenomenon. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935 |
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| Accession number | E.2261-1934 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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