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Bonington made this print for a huge multi-volume book called Picturesque and Romantic Voyages in Old France, which was designed to capitalize on the early nineteenth century’s fascination for the Middle Ages. He gives the castle, in eastern France, the full Romantic treatment, showing it in the distance, silhouetted by scudding clouds and lit by shafts of sunlight that highlight the stark, ruined walls.
Vue générale des ruines du château d' Arlay
Richard Parkes Bonington (English, 1802–1828)
Medium/Technique
Lithograph
Credit Line
Gift of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession NumberM28284
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CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Bonington made this print for a huge multi-volume book called Picturesque and Romantic Voyages in Old France, which was designed to capitalize on the early nineteenth century’s fascination for the Middle Ages. He gives the castle, in eastern France, the full Romantic treatment, showing it in the distance, silhouetted by scudding clouds and lit by shafts of sunlight that highlight the stark, ruined walls.
Catalogue Raisonné
Ac 27ii; Bér. 10
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 11/1/1920 [exact to month]