William Pars, 1742–1782, British, A View at Lucerne, 1775
- Title:
- A View at Lucerne
- Date:
- 1775
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and gray and brown ink over graphite with brown and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 1/2 × 23 1/8 inches (41.9 × 58.7 cm), Image: 13 3/4 × 19 1/2 inches (34.9 × 49.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and gray ink, lower center: "A VIEW AT LUCERNE."; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "p.3453."
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Signed and dated in pen and gray ink, lower left: "WP 1775."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5457
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | boats | buildings | genre subject | Grand Tour | landscape | men | mountains | river | sails | truss bridge
- Associated Places:
- Kapellbrücke | Lucerne | Luzern | Reuss | Switzerland
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14882
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