Monastery of St. Trone [art original].

Description

Title: Monastery of St. Trone [art original].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created: [early 19th century]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A watercolor sketch of two rotund monks in front of a entrance to monastery in a lane within gate and wall surround. One attends closely to a young lady with two baskets on her arms; the other reads, lounging on a bench with his one foot raised
Description: Title from note in ink in lower right corner.
Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson by Andrew Clayton-Payne, author of a catalog of Rowlandson. Similar in theme (and in architecture) to signed watercolors at the Yale Center for British Art.
With dealer's notes in pencil on verso.
Provenance: Purchased from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, July 2020.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 14.4 x 24 cm, matted to 20 x 31 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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Citation: Thomas Rowlandson, Monastery of St. Trone. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.