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Source Description
Thomas Hartley Cromek’s detailed renderings of classical ruins in Italy and Greece appealed to British visitors seeking mementos of their Grand Tour travels. Like many artists of his generation, Cromek went to Italy as a young man and settled in Rome, remaining abroad for 20 years and establishing a solid reputation as a watercolorist. Periodically he returned to England to court potential patrons and sell his work. Upon one of these journeys home, he was summoned to Buckingham Palace where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert purchased several watercolors. This drawing exemplifies the topographical accuracy and clarity of Cromek’s most successful work.
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Document identity
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148149
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The Arch of Titus and the Coliseum, Rome
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drawing
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148149
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drawing
title
The Arch of Titus and the Coliseum, Rome
description
Thomas Hartley Cromek’s detailed renderings of classical ruins in Italy and Greece appealed to British visitors seeking mementos of their Grand Tour travels. Like many artists of his generation, Cromek went to Italy as a young man and settled in Rome, remaining abroad for 20 years and establishing a solid reputation as a watercolorist. Periodically he returned to England to court potential patrons and sell his work. Upon one of these journeys home, he was summoned to Buckingham Palace where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert purchased several watercolors. This drawing exemplifies the topographical accuracy and clarity of Cromek’s most successful work.
date
1846
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79928208
creators
1349
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 52.4 x 36 cm (20 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
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England, 19th century
accession
1975.149
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watercolor with black ink and graphite underdrawing
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The Arch of Titus and the Coliseum, Rome, 1846. Thomas Hartley Cromek (British, 1809–1873). Watercolor with black ink and graphite underdrawing; sheet: 52.4 x 36 cm (20 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Reverend and Mrs. Danila Pascu, 1975.149
collection
DR - British
inscriptions
inscription
signed, inscribed, and dated, in black ink, at lower left: T.H. CROMEK.f.ROME. 1846
didYouKnow
According to a ledger recording Thomas Hartley Cromek's sales, the artist sold 13 versions of the image seen in this drawing.
citations
citation
"Annual Report for 1975." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 63, no. 6 (1976): 155-98.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 167
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1975.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 63, no. 2 (1976).
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p. 67, no. 73
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. 88-9, 144, no. 29; Reproduced: p. 89
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 162
creditline
Gift of the Reverend and Mrs. Danila Pascu
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2026-05-29 07:36:52.952000
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148149
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Drawings
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DR - British
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watercolor with black ink and graphite underdrawing
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