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Source Description
This drawing of an overgrown, crumbling abbey may be compared with German Romantic images of Gothic ruins by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Domenico Quaglio (both also in this exhibition). Norris was an amateur artist who was influenced by Romantic themes of the period.
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Document identity
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132107
label
Ruins of an Abbey
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drawing
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132107
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drawing
title
Ruins of an Abbey
description
This drawing of an overgrown, crumbling abbey may be compared with German Romantic images of Gothic ruins by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Domenico Quaglio (both also in this exhibition). Norris was an amateur artist who was influenced by Romantic themes of the period.
date
c. 1812–58
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q80023826
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1465
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 17.1 x 18.7 cm (6 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
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England, 19th century
accession
1954.668
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graphite
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Ruins of an Abbey, c. 1812–58. Charles Norris (British, 1779–1858). Graphite; sheet: 17.1 x 18.7 cm (6 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1954.668
collection
DR - British
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The Norweb Collection
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2026-05-29 06:48:31.867000
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132107
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Drawings
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