Royal Hospital, Chelsea

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Royal Hospital, Chelsea (long-term loans)

Hubert Cornish was a lawyer from Devon, who also became an accomplished painter of landscapes in watercolour. Most of his work was inspired by rural and coastal scenes in Devon. Cornish travelled through England and Wales and painted landscapes in Somerset, Denbighshire (north-east Wales) and the Lake District. He may be the Hubert Cornish who died at about the age of 55 at his seat at Black Hall, in Devon, in 1832.

Places

England, River Thames, London, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Chelsea

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, landscape C19th, river bank, river, hospital, sailboat

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Hubert Cornish (c1770 - 1832)

Title

Royal Hospital, Chelsea

Date

c1800

Medium

watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 26.70 cm, width: 37.80 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Appleby Bros, March 1974

Inscription

VERSO TC:Side View of Chelsea Hospital

GAC number

11051