The Ruins of the Abbey
River landscape with a ruined Gothic-style church at left atop a steep river bank. Cows (including two in right foreground) wade in the river, which is spanned by an arched stone bridge in the middle distance. A stone building with a round tower is on right bank. Foliage is colored light green; mountains in background.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Ruins of the Abbey
- Artist: Frances Flora Bond Palmer (American (born England), Leicester 1812–1876 New York)
- Publisher: Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813–1888 New York)
- Date: 1856
- Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions: Image: 15 in. × 20 3/4 in. (38.1 × 52.7 cm)
Image with text: 16 1/2 × 20 3/4 in. (41.9 × 52.7 cm)
Sheet: 17 15/16 × 22 13/16 in. (45.5 × 58 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
- Object Number: 52.520.15
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Multiple artists/makers
1866
Frances Flora Bond Palmer
Nathaniel Currier
1849–56
Frances Flora Bond Palmer
Nathaniel Currier
1849–56
Frances Flora Bond Palmer
Nathaniel Currier
1849
Frances Flora Bond Palmer
Nathaniel Currier
1849–56
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