Rue du Gros Horloge — Richard Parkes Bonington

DETAILS

Artist: Richard Parkes Bonington
Date: 1822
Location: Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions: Image: 24.4 × 25.7 cm (9 5/8 × 10 1/8 in.); Plate: 26.3 × 26.6 cm (10 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.); Sheet: 37.5 × 33.2 cm (14 13/16 × 13 1/8 in.)
Collection: Prints and Drawings
Culture: England
Credit line: Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

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Richard Parkes Bonington

Richard Parkes Bonington was an English Romantic landscape painter who moved to France at 14, becoming a pivotal link between English and French art before his early death at 25.

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