Shore Scene

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Thomas Rowlandson was born in London, the son of a bankrupt wool and silk merchant. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools, making a trip to Paris during his time there, and won the silver medal in 1777. During the next two decades he made several continental tours, visiting France, Italy, Germany and Holland, as well as travelling extensively in England and Wales. He exhibited from 1775 to 1787 and, in 1789, received a legacy from an aunt, which he is said to have gambled away. From 1798, much of his work was for Rudolf Ackermann, most notably his illustrations for the three Tours of Dr Syntax (published 1812, 1820, and 1821) and The Microcosm of London (1808–10). He revisited France in 1814 and Italy in about 1820. Rowland continued to work almost until the end of his life. He is most famous as a caricaturist, but his work also included figure studies, portraits, marine subjects and landscapes.

Places

Subjects

fishing boat, rowing boat, boat-builder, fisherman, ship-builder, genre, dog, shore, sea, beach, baby, man, woman, 19th century costume, house, fishing net

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)

Title

Shore Scene

Date

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 20.10 cm, width: 28.20 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Spink & Son, November 1954

Inscription

NONE

GAC number

3030