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The Arch of Titus and the Coliseum, Rome
Also known as: The Arch of Titus with the Colosseum in the Background
About the Artwork
Thomas Hartley Cromek’s detailed renderings of classical ruins in Italy and Greece appealed to British visitors seeking mementos of their Grand Tour travels. Like many artists of his generation, Cromek went to Italy as a young man and settled in Rome, remaining abroad for 20 years and establishing a solid reputation as a watercolorist. Periodically he returned to England to court potential patrons and sell his work. Upon one of these journeys home, he was summoned to Buckingham Palace where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert purchased several watercolors. This drawing exemplifies the topographical accuracy and clarity of Cromek’s most successful work.
Inscriptions
signed, inscribed, and dated, in black ink, at lower left: T.H. CROMEK.f.ROME. 1846
Exhibition history
British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Thomas Hartley Cromek (British, 1809–1873)
- Date
- 1846
- Medium
- watercolor with black ink and graphite underdrawing
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 52.4 x 36 cm (20 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of the Reverend and Mrs. Danila Pascu
- Accession no.
- 1975.149
Provenance
?-1975: Reverend and Mrs. Danila Pascu, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH 1975-: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011135
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