'Interior of a cottage at Dentdale' and 'Interior of a cottage at Rievaulx,' watercolours by artist Charles West Cope dating to around 1840. The interiors were painted on the spot and by this time it was not unusual for artists to go round the country on 'sketching tours.'

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Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor.

St. Aelred of Rievaulx

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Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, 1825

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Thomas Girtin's 'Ruins'

Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland, c. 1793
Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, c. 1797-99
Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, 1798
Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, 1801

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Interior of a cottage at by Charles West Cope RA, (1811-1890). The watercolour shows the interior of the cottage and the garden beyond.' (Image courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum)

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Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, 1825

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Holiday sketch Rievaulx Abbey in the North York Moors National Park was the first Cistercian monastery in the north of England, founded in 1132. Watercolour over pencil in A4 sketchbook.

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