John Monro, British 1801-1880- A wooded river landscape with two figures in a boat, a building to the left; pencil and grey wash on paper laid down on card, bears inscription 'John Monro' (on the reverse), 21.4 x 27.8 cm. Provenance: Collection of...

John Monro, British 1801-1880- A wooded river landscape with two figures in a boat, a building to the left; pencil and grey wash on paper laid down on card, bears inscription 'John Monro' (on the reverse), 21.4 x 27.8 cm. Provenance: Collection of William Drummond.; Private Collection, UK. Note: The Monro dynasty in London (1728–1882) consisted of five generations of physicians, four of whom practised at the Bethlem Hospital, and the family played a dominant role in the management of the insane in London throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. John Monro was son of Dr Thomas Monro (1759–1833), known for his informal 'Monro Academy' of drawing. Thomas had initially followed the family career and worked as a physician, but his real passion was art, and it was at his home at Adelphi Terrace on the banks of the Thames at Charing Cross that, from 1794, he would host young artists. Many of these young students would become the leading artists of their day—including, most notably, J.M.W. Turner and John Girtin, along with John Linnell, John Sell Cotman, Peter de Wint, William Henry Hunt, Joshua Cristall and John Varley, among others.
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