Military College, Chelsea, from "Ackermann's Repository"
Medium
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Hamill and Barker
Accession Number
1961-105-307
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Thomas Rowlandson’s 1810 print “Military College, Chelsea” captures a stately view of the Royal Military Asylum, an institution established to educate the children of British soldiers. Rowlandson, a leading British draftsman celebrated for his lively watercolors and satirical prints, here presents a more measured topographical scene. The work originally appeared in Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics, a monthly publication that brought finely produced views of notable buildings and landscapes to a growing middle-class audience. Pr...