Name: THOMAS HARTLEY CROMEK, A.N.W.S. (BRITISH 1809-1873)
Brand: The Arch of Titus looking through to the Colosseum, Rome
Price: 3800.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

THOMAS HARTLEY CROMEK, A.N.W.S. (BRITISH 1809-1873)
The Arch of Titus looking through to the Colosseum, Rome
signed and dated 'T.H.CROMEK. 1841' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with body colour and with gum arabic on paper
20⁵⁄₈ x 14¹⁄₄ in. (52.5 x 36.1 cm.)

Hubert George de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde (1832- 1916), by whom bequeathed to his great-nephew,
Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.

T. Borenius, Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings at Harewood House and elsewhere in the Collection of the Earl of Harewood, K.G.; G.C.V.O., D.S.O., Oxford, 1936, p. 155, no. 241.
Thomas Hartley Cromek: A Classic Vision, exhibition catalogue, 1999, p.33, illustrated front cover.

Yorkshire, Harewood House, Bath, Holburne Museum, Thomas Hartley Cromek: A Vision of Italy, 11 September 1999 - 2 May 2000, unnumbered.

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Thomas Hartley Cromek was born in London, the son of the engraver Robert Hartley Cromek. He left England in 1830 following in the footsteps of many artists wishing to capitalise on the popularity of view of classical sites and lived on the Continent, primarily in Rome, from 1831-1849 though returning to England to sell his work and meet potential patrons.

Cromek was commissioned to paint this subject several times during his career and another version is in the Cleveland Museum of Art dated 1846.