Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817, British
Title:
Transept of Melrose Abbey, 1778 Near Old Melrose on the River Tweed, Roxburgh
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 13 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (34.6 x 26.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and gray ink, lower right: "Transept of Melrose Abbey. 1778."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.412
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
ruins | stained glass | ivy | shadows | arches | transept | windows | church | abbey | plants | lonely | architectural subject
Associated Places:
Tweed | Europe | United Kingdom | Scotland | Melrose | Roxburgh | Scottish Borders
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
Publications:
Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 17, no. 136, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2053