- Title:
- The Cave of the Cumean Sybil on the Shore of the Lake Avernus
- Date:
- between 1740 and 1759
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 7/8 x 16 5/8 inches (14.9 x 42.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and brown ink upper right: "Falern"; upper right: "Falern"; lower left: "o ye Cave of ye Cumean Sybil"; in pen and brown ink lower left: "o ye Cave of ye Cumean Sybil"; in graphite lower right: "ye lake Avernus - "; in pen and brown ink lower right: "ye lake Avernus"; inscribed on verso in graphite lower right: "[ . . . ]"
Watermark: coat-of-arms (Churchill 262)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4693
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caves | Grand Tour | hills | lakes | landscape | shores
- Associated Places:
- Avernus, Lake | Campania
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10060
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