Art, literature & history
Demolition of Old Houses to the North of Westminster Abbey
1800
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on card
- Dimensions
- 20.2 × 26.8 cm (8 × 10 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1935.321
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Thomas Rowlandson. Demolition of Old Houses to the North of Westminster Abbey. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Demolition of Old Houses to the North of Westminster Abbey — Thomas Rowlandson. 1800.
Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on card. Dimensions: 20.2 × 26.8 cm (8 × 10 9/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.