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Among the key artists of the golden age of watercolor painting in England, Peter DeWint was known for his panoramic views of spacious, seemingly commonplace landscapes rendered in broad washes of earth-tone hues. This drawing depicts the ruins of Neath Abbey, a Cistercian monastery established in the early 12th century in south Wales. From the Tudor period there was industrial activity around the abbey, and by the time DeWint was painting the priory, the Neath Abbey Iron Company had engulfed the environs of the church with copper smelting and manufacture. DeWint chose to omit evidence of the transformation of the area and its role in the Industrial Revolution.
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163791
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Neath Abbey
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drawing
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163791
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drawing
title
Neath Abbey
description
Among the key artists of the golden age of watercolor painting in England, Peter DeWint was known for his panoramic views of spacious, seemingly commonplace landscapes rendered in broad washes of earth-tone hues. This drawing depicts the ruins of Neath Abbey, a Cistercian monastery established in the early 12th century in south Wales. From the Tudor period there was industrial activity around the abbey, and by the time DeWint was painting the priory, the Neath Abbey Iron Company had engulfed the environs of the church with copper smelting and manufacture. DeWint chose to omit evidence of the transformation of the area and its role in the Industrial Revolution.
date
c. 1840s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79990417
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51898
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Drawing
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 16 x 23.6 cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
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England, 19th century
accession
2005.198
Source extras
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watercolor with traces of graphite underdrawing and scratch-away
tombstone
Neath Abbey, c. 1840s. Peter De Wint (British, 1784–1849). Watercolor with traces of graphite underdrawing and scratch-away; overall: 16 x 23.6 cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Painting and Drawing Society of The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.198
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description
rough textured off-white wove paper
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DR - British
inscriptions
inscription
inscribed, in graphite, on verso: P. DeWint / Near North South Wales
didYouKnow
Peter DeWint traveled abroad only once, to Normandy, and was disappointed with the landscape outside of his native England.
citations
citation
Lemonedes, Heather. "Quintessentially British." <em>Cleveland Art</em> (July/August 2007).
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Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 8-11
citation
Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 80-81, 145, no. 26; Reproduced: p. 81
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Gift of the Painting and Drawing Society of The Cleveland Museum of Art
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2026-05-29 08:30:53.245000
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163791
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DR - British
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watercolor with traces of graphite underdrawing and scratch-away
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male
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