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THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1757-1827)
Stag Hunting scene in a park
RCIN 913693
Riders and hounds are shown pursuing a stag in front of the Gothic gatehouse of Lanhydrock, near Bodmin. The gatehouse was built between 1636 and 1651. Rowlandson was a regular visitor to Cornwall, where his patron Mathew Michell had a house and where he made many topographical watercolours.
Cat. 41
Bibliographic reference(s)
O(E) : Oppé, A.P., 1950. English Drawings in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London p.539
