Richard Parkes Bonington
Detail of the Hammerbeam Roof, Westminster Hall
About this artwork
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artist:Richard Parkes Bonington (1802 - 1828) English
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title:Detail of the Hammerbeam Roof, Westminster Hall
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date created:1825
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materials:Pencil on paper
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measurements:Sheet: 18.20 x 13.60 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1910
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accession number:D 3598.1
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Richard Parkes Bonington
Richard Parkes Bonington
Most of Bonington’s short life was spent in France after his father set up a lace manufactory in Calais. Through his acquaintance with Louis Francia in Calais, he consolidated his own outstanding talent for watercolour – a medium he subsequently promoted among the leading young Parisian artists,...