Circle of Paul Sandby, RA, British 1731-1809- A ruined church with two figures; pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of white chalk on paper, 55.5 x 43 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK.

Circle of Paul Sandby, RA,
British 1731-1809-
Ruins of St Mary's Abbey, Melrose, with two figures;
pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of white chalk on paper, 55.5 x 43 cm.
Provenance: Private Collection, UK.
Note: St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks at the request of King David I of Scotland and was the chief house of that order in the country until the Reformation. It was headed by the abbot or commendator of Melrose.
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