Shore Scene with Martello Towers

Location

Country: UK
City: England
Place: Wiston House, Foreign Office, Wilton Park

Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham was the son of a Professor of Drawing at the Royal Naval School in New Cross. He was born in Dublin and taught by his father. He made a sketching tour to Wales in 1844, followed by tours to Scotland, Kent, Ireland, Germany and Normandy. From 1840 he exhibited at the Royal Academy and New Society of Painters in Water Colours, of which he became a member in 1851. Rowbotham succeeded his father as Professor of Drawing at the Naval School. His early work shows the influence of J. M. W. Turner. During his later career he produced mostly Italian views, although he is not known to have visited Italy. He also illustrated numerous books. Rowbotham died in poverty at his home in Kensington, London, at the age of 52.

Places

England, English Channel

Subjects

seascape/coastal scene, shore, sea, beach, wave, basket, chain, martello tower, tower, sailboat

Materials & Techniques

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

Artist

Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham (1823 - 1875)

Title

Shore Scene with Martello Towers

Date

1867

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 22.10 cm, width: 60.30 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Sir Bruce Ingram, 1963

Inscription

BL: T Rowbotham. / 1867 No 816

GAC number

1573