The Coliseum in Regent's Park (related to the drawings for James Elmes' Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century , London, 1827-1828

Date1828

Artist Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (English, 1793-1864)

CultureEnglish

MediumWatercolor and ink over pencil on paper

DimensionsSheet: 4 9/16 x 7 1/2 in. (11.59 x 19.05 cm)

Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

InscribedInscribed (LL, in pencil): (artist's name); (LR, in pencil): View of a London Building (Pantheon). "London in the 19th century" p. 69

BibliographyLandscapes of Retrospection (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1999), p. 36 repr. ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon
Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Landscapes of Retrospection," October 15 - December 19, 1999;

The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, January 25 - March 25, 2001;

The Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 9 - September 2, 2001;

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, February 9 - April 7, 2002 (see below)

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