View of Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire
Thomas Robins the elder (1715-1770)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1748
Materials
Watercolour on vellum
Measurements
450 x 545 mm
Place of origin
Winchcombe
Order this imageCollection
Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire
NT 1675802
Summary
Watercolour on vellum, View of Hailes Abbey by Thomas Robins the elder (1715-1770), circa 1748. A naive landscape view of the abbey with the ruins of the cloister in the foreground and the house, at that date still standing, to the rear. The nearby church can be seen in the distance. This picture represents the earliest surviving topographical view of Hailes Abbey.
Makers and roles
Thomas Robins the elder (1715-1770) , artist