Richard Parkes BoningtonEnglish, 1802–1828Argyle Castle
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Argyle Castle” now? Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Not on view at present. Checked October 12, 2026.
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1962.95
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
In the life of Richard Parkes Bonington
The whole life1824
Wins a gold medal at the Paris Salon
He won a gold medal at the Paris Salon, together with John Constable and Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding.
1825
Trip to London: Turner and the English school
He travelled to London with Delacroix to study the work of William Turner and the English school of painting, and the friends sketched together there. Other accounts say that Bonington went with Alexandre-Marie Colin and met Delacroix in London.
1826
Trip to northern Italy and a month in Venice
He visited northern Italy and stayed in Venice for a month.
February 1826
British Institution exhibition makes his name in England
The works he showed at the British Institution included “French Coast with Fisherman”. The exhibition established his reputation in his native England, where he had previously been largely unknown.
1828
Tuberculosis worsens: back to London for treatment
His lung disease worsened and his parents sent him back to London for treatment. He died there of tuberculosis, aged twenty-five, at 29 Tottenham Street.
23 September 1828
Died
