Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801, British
Title:: St. Mary's Abbey, York
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 36 inches (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Signed, lower left: "MARooker A: pinx|"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1981.25.543
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: arch | architectural subject | men | stonework | road | abbey | ruins | church | Romantic | stone | Gothic (Medieval) | Benedictine | Catholic | monastery
Associated Places:: England | York | Europe | United Kingdom
Currently On View:: Not on view
Exhibition History:: The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:: Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 192-193, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)
J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 35, 79, no. 25, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1025