The Priest's Garden
1883
Henry Roderick Newman
American, 1843-1917
American Art
Newman’s lifelong faithfulness to the demanding, precise, Pre-Raphaelite style was reinforced by his close friendship with the English art critic John Ruskin. Newman settled in Florence about 1870, and The Priest’s Garden on the Tuscan Coast is one of several works by him that feature Italy’s Gulf of Spezia, a site redolent with Romantic associations (including the tragic 1822 drowning of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley).
- Maker/Artist
- Newman, Henry Roderick
- Classification
- Watercolor
- Formatted Medium
- Watercolor and graphite on wove paper
- Medium
- watercolor, graphite, wove, paper
- Dimensions
- 13 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.
- Departments
- American Art
- Accession Number
- 88.39
- Credit Line
- Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Milberg
- Exhibitions
- Realm of Marvels: Building Collections for the Future, Masters of Color and Light: Homer, Sargent and the American Watercolor Movement
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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