The New Mills on the River Wensum, near Norwich
attributed to John Crome (Norwich 1768 - Norwich 1821)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1829
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1003 x 749 mm. (39 1/2 x 29 1/4 in)
Place of origin
Norfolk
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515774
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The New Mills on the River Wensum, near Norwich attributed to John Crome (Norwich 1768 – Norwich 1821). Cottages at the water’s edge on the right, with oriel window, behind and slightly to the right can be seen the top of a windmill over the trees, to the right of the windmill another house. To left of the river an avenue of trees on the riverbank; boat on the water with figures; blue sky with clouds.
Provenance
Gooden & Fox; date of acquisition by Lord Fairhaven unknown; bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to John Crome (Norwich 1768 - Norwich 1821), publisher
Exhibition history
World of Water, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, 2025
