The High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset

Details

JOHN NIXON (LONDON 1755-1818 RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT)
The High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset
inscribed 'A Bath Parson Mother Nash' (lower left) and 'put the Dog in front' (lower right)
pencil, pen and grey ink, grey and ochre wash, lightly squared
12 1⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 in. (30.7 x 46 cm.)

Provenance

with Guy Peppiatt, London, where purchased by the present owner.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1812, no. 546 (as 'The High St at Glastonbury, with a view of the Abbot's inn, the Conduit, etc.').

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Lot Essay

This late drawing shows the influence of Thomas Rowlandson, under whom Nixon studied, in its incidental detail and depictions of everyday life. The George Inn, to the left, is the original pilgrim's inn of Glastonbury, and beyond it is the Church of St John's.

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