474050 Rowing Match at Richmond, Surrey, (Birthday of the Duke of Clarence) (w/c on paper) by Cleveley, Robert (1747-1809); 52.9x36.2 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: This busy scene shows a pleasure garden at Richmond, on the river Thames. The people promenading on the bank are being entertained by musicians and performers in boats. These include a man playing a set of bells, who is standing in the boat just leaving the bank. Other people are being rowed on the river. The picture follows the common landscape practice of the time of a dark, brownish area at the front of the picture, moving to blue tones in the distance. Robert Clevelly\'s w/cs were often large. He was a London artist; ); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright.