Title: East Window of Chapel, Reading Abbey Artist: Francis Wheatley Date of Work: 1795 (date is approximate) Medium: painting : watercolour Dimensions: 495mm x 610mm x 40mm   Caption: East Window of Chapel, Reading Abbey by Francis Wheatley. Around 1800 the ruins of Reading Abbey were thought of as `Romantic ruins` and many artists both professional, like Wheatley, and amateur painted them. This appears to show the opening for the window in the east end of the South transcept of the Abbey that can be seen today.   Object Number: 1980.161.1 Acknowledgements: Purchased with assistance from The Victoria and Albert Purchase Grant Fund and Reading Foundation for Art Copyright: Image : Reading Borough Council / Intellectual : n/a   Back