© Museum of Island History
Views of the Isle of Wight
Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827), Samuel Howitt (circa 1765 - 1822)
Location: Museum of Island History
Date: 1790s
Materials: pencil, pen & ink & watercolour
Dimensions: average: 23 x 33cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £50,000 (Total: £825,000; tax remission)
Vendor: Trustees of the Longleat Chattels Settlement
Review number: 5102 (2002)
Provenance:
Southgate, Son & Grimston, London, 1834; Beriah Botfield; bequeathed to the Thynne family; The Marquess of Bath.
Description:
A collection of 112 watercolours including 53 works by Thomas Rowlandson, 22 by Samuel Howitt and 37 by other contemporary hands. They present an invaluable record of the topography and buildings of the Isle of Wight and are the result of at least 2 tours by the artists. The work depicted is 'The quarter-deck of a Lymington passage boat' by Rowlandson.
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