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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Old Kew Palace c. 1819
Pen and ink with watercolour over pencil | 27.2 x 42.1 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 914313
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A watercolour of Old Kew Palace from across the river Thames. In the foreground a party of people either embark or disembark from a small boat. A new ‘Gothic’ palace at Kew was designed for George III by James Wyatt and begun in 1802. It remained unfinished and was demolished in 1828. Rowlandson made two watercolours of the palace from across the Thames.
Provenance
Acquired by George VI from Frank Davis in 1941
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink with watercolour over pencil
Measurements
27.2 x 42.1 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 14313Bibliographic reference(s)
O(E) : Oppé, A.P., 1950. English Drawings in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London no.538
