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Croxden Abbey, Staffordshire

Artist: Henry Gastineau (1791 - 1876)

Location: Shire Hall Gallery

Date: 1850

Materials: watercolour

Dimensions: 64 x 82 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £500 (Total: £2,000)

Vendor: Abbott & Holder

Review number: 3961 (1993)

Description:
Croxden Abbey was founded by Bertram de Verdun in 1176 for Cistercians and have been in ruins for a long time. This typically Romantic view of the ruins was exhibited at The Society of Painters in Watercolours in 1851.

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