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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Stag Hunting scene in a park
Pen and ink with watercolour | 23.8 x 33.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 913693
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A watercolour of Lanhydrock gatehouse, Cornwall. The gatehouse was built between 1636 and 1651. In the foreground, a hunt passes by, consisting of six horsemen and women and a pack of hounds that are chasing a stag on the far left of the drawing. Rowlandson was a regular visitor to Cornwall, where his patron Mathew Michell had a house and where he made many topographical watercolours.
Provenance
Acquired for the Royal Library by c. 1926
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink with watercolour
Measurements
23.8 x 33.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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RL 13693Bibliographic reference(s)
O(E) : Oppé, A.P., 1950. English Drawings in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London p.539
