Title: Ruins of Reading Abbey, with a cottage to the right Artist: Thomas Rowlandson Date of Work: (date is approximate) Medium: painting : watercolour Dimensions: 425mm x 144mm   Caption: Ruins of Reading Abbey, with a cottage to the right, by Thomas Rowlandson. Undated. Around 1800 the Abbey ruins were very popular as `Romantic ruins` for drawing and painting. Rowlandson describes them deftly but can`t resist adding a couple of humorous local people.   Object Number: 1981.61.1 Acknowledgements: Purchased with assistance from The Victoria and Albert Purchase Grant Fund and Reading Foundation for Art Copyright: Image : Reading Borough Council / Intellectual : n/a   Back