Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801, British
Title:
Kenilworth Castle, with Figures on the Hillside
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 11 inches (22.9 x 27.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in gray ink, lower right: "MRooker"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5714
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
castle | leisure | men | ruins | genre subject | architectural subject | resting | dog (animal)
Associated Places:
Kenilworth | Warwickshire | Kenilworth Castle | United Kingdom | England
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
Publications:
Louis Hawes, Constable's Hadleigh Castle and British Romantic Ruin Painting, Art Bulletin, v. 65., no. 3, September, 1983, p. 463, fn 31, N11 C4 + (YCBA) Also Available online via JSTOR

Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 145-6, no. III.9, pl. 120, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14969