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Tintern Abbey

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Type
Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date
1841
Accession number
89.10.1
Maker
John Frederick Kensett(Opens in new tab) (American, 1816–1872)
Dimensions
10 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. (25.7 x 34.3 cm.)
Medium
graphite on paper
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation
Department
American Art
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View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
These views are among Kensett's earliest known drawings. They survive from a trip he and John Casilear made through England and France in the autumn of 1841. The energetic, though somewhat tight and halting lines are characteristic of Kensett's early drawing style, clearly influenced by his work as an engraver.

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