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Hermitage Rooms Archive

Gainsborough to Turner

British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection

Detail of painting: Edward Dayes (1763-1804), Somerset House from the Thames 1788
Edward Dayes (1763-1804)

Painting: Thomas Girtin (1775-1802), Peterborough Cathedral from the West Front, c.1795
Thomas Girtin (1775-1802)

Painting: Paul Sandby (1725-1809), Henry VIII Gateway, Windsor Castle 1767
Paul Sandby (1725-1809)

Painting: John Warwick Smith (1749-1831), On the Side of Lake Lugano, c.1781
John Warwick Smith (1749-1831)

Painting: John Robert Cozens (1752-1799), Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, 1780
John Robert Cozens (1752-1799)

Painting: J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), The Drachenfels, 1817
J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851)

Painting: Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827), Wooded Landscape with Artist Sketching, c.1790-1800
Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)

Painting: Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Wooded Landscape with Herdsman, Cows and Sheep, 1784-5
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

Painting: John Sell Cotman (1782-1842), Doorway to the Refectory, Kirkham Priory, Yorkshire, 1804
John Sell Cotman (1782-1842)

Painting: J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), The Drachenfels, 1817

J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851)
The Drachenfels, 1817
Watercolour, bodycolour, graphite
20.9 x 29 cm
© Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery