Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842, British, Castle Above a Waterfall, ca. 1830
- Title:
- Castle Above a Waterfall
- Additional Title(s):
- Two Men at Base of Waterfall
- Date:
- ca. 1830
- Materials & Techniques:
- Soft-ground etching on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 x 5 3/16 inches (17.8 x 13.2 cm), Plate: 6 3/4 x 5 1/16 inches (17.2 x 12.8 cm), Image: 6 5/16 x 4 3/4 inches (16.1 x 12.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right to upper right, written vertically from top to bottom: "[...]y Monsh[...] (?)"; on mount, lower left: "Cotman, J. S."; on mount, lower center: "Two men at base of waterfall"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11303
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- castle | cliffs | genre subject | geology | hills | landscape | men | mountains | river | staff (walking stick) | stream | trees | waterfall
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30845
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