Photo of collection object The Priest's Garden — Newman, Henry Roderick. The Priest's Garden, 1883. Watercolor and graphite on wove paper, 13 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.. Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Milberg, 88.39. No known copyright restrictions.

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum

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).

Original Source

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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