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Honiton, Devonshire (© Exeter City Museums & Art Gallery. Photo by David Garner)
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© Exeter City Museums & Art Gallery. Photo by David Garner

Honiton, Devonshire

Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)

Location: Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Date: circa 1790 - 1795

Materials: pencil, ink & watercolour

Dimensions: 29 x 42 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £350 (Total: £950)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 2426 (1971)

Provenance:
Mrs Dorothy Samuel

Description:
Depicts the High Street with the Bell Inn in the background. Street filled with groups of figures, mostly on horseback and laden with produce. Two market women at bottom right. Several soldiers stand outside the inn and people gaze into shop window next door.

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