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Artists›Richard Parkes Bonington

Richard Parkes Bonington

1802–1828

WA-00020907

Nottingham, UK

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WikidataQ380395

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Masters of British Painting, 1800�1950

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956

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1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (2)

Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/richard-parkes-bonington
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

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Artworks (66)

La Tour du Marché, at Bergues near Dunkirk on the River Colne, engraved by W.J. Cooke

1830 · Engraving on paper

Tate

Sketch of a Woman

1828 · pen and brown ink on wove paper

overall: 14 x 9.5 cm (5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Venice: Ducal Palace with a Religious Procession

1828 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1143 x 1626 mm

Tate

Doune Castle

1828 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 16.5 × 23.2 cm (6 1/2 × 9 3/16 in.); Sheet: 26.9 × 34.2 cm (10 5/8 × 13 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vue d'une rue des Faubourgs de Besançon (View of a Street in the Outskirts of Besançon)

1827 · lithograph on chine collé

image: 35.2 x 26.2 cm (13 7/8 x 10 5/16 in.) sheet: 53 x 34.2 cm (20 7/8 x 13 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Croix de Moulin-les-Planches

1827 · lithograph on chine colle paper

sheet: 52.8 × 34.6 cm (20 13/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

View of the Piazzetta near the Square of St Mark, Venice

1827 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 457 x 375 mm

Tate

The Grand Canal

1826 · oil on canvas

overall: 26 x 34.7 cm (10 1/4 x 13 11/16 in.) framed: 46 x 54.6 x 7.9 cm (18 1/8 x 21 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bologna

1826 · etching

sheet: 44.6 × 31.5 cm (17 9/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Verona, Piazza dell’Erbe

1826 · Watercolour and graphite on paper

support: 206 x 265 mm

Tate

The Grand Canal, Venice

1826 · Graphite and gouache on paper

support: 206 x 289 mm

Tate

The Pont des Arts, Paris

1826 · Oil paint on board

support: 356 x 451 mm frame: 610 x 710 x 100 mm

18 1/4 x 14 7/8 in. (46.4 x 37.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Roadside Halt

1826 · Oil on canvas

18 1/4 x 14 7/8 in. (46.4 x 37.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vallée de Glenfinlas (Glenfinlas Valley), from "Vues Pittoresques de l'Écosse"

1826 · Lithograph; third state of four

Image: 8 in. × 13 9/16 in. (20.3 × 34.4 cm) Sheet: 10 3/16 × 13 9/16 in. (25.8 × 34.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View on the Grounds of a Villa near Florence

1826 · Oil on millboard, mounted on canvas

43.1 × 58.4 cm (17 × 23 in.); Framed: 60.4 × 76.2 cm (23 3/4 × 30 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Façade de l'Église de Brou (Facade of the Church at Brou)

1825 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Vue general de l'Église de l'Abbaye de Tournus

1825 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Tombeau de Marguerite de Bourbon. Église de Brou (Tomb of Marguerite de Bourbon, Church at Brou)

1825 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Five Studies of a French Pointer

1825 · graphite with touches of gray wash on wove paper

sheet: 14 x 20.6 cm (5 1/2 x 8 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

French Coast with Fishermen

1825 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 643 x 967 mm frame: 826 x 1155 x 110 mm

Tate

A Scene on the French Coast

1825 · Watercolour and graphite on paper

support: 213 x 342 mm

Tate

Facade of the Church of Brou

1825 · Lithograph on ivory chine, laid down on off-white wove paper

Chine: 35.7 × 25.7 cm (14 1/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 50.9 × 35.2 cm (20 1/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Quentin Durward and the Disguised Louis XI (recto); Study of male figure (verso)

1825 · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite

sheet: 5 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (14.6 x 10.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

66 published of 66 catalogued · 58 with image

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The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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Tate
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Landscape in Normandy
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Grand Canal, Venice
1826 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Historical Scene
— · Tate · 1 prov
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Three Parrots
— · Tate · 1 prov
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The Pont des Arts, Paris
1826 · Tate · 1 prov
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La Tour du Marché, at Bergues near Dunkirk on the River Colne, engraved by W.J. Cooke
1830 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Verona, Piazza dell’Erbe
1826 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
View of the Piazzetta near the Square of St Mark, Venice
1827 · Tate · 1 prov
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On the French Coast
— · Tate · 1 prov
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A Distant View of St-Omer
1824 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

18 assets

Smithsonian Institution

Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France, Franche-Comté: Vue d'une rue des faubourgs de Besançon (1825)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France, Normandie: Tour du Gros-Horloge, Evreux (1824)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate Christie's

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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Tate

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Masters of British Painting, 1800�1950

New York · 1956