unknown artist, Monro School, Near Chiavenna, ca. 1796
- Title:
- Near Chiavenna
- Date:
- ca. 1796
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, graphite, gray wash and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 x 9 1/2in. (38.1 x 24.1cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso, upper left: "Grisons"; in graphite, verso, upper left: "Near Chiavenna"; in graphite, verso, upper right: "< . . . > | 9 52"; in graphite, verso, lower right: "< . . . >"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.1219
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bridge (built work) | geology | Grand Tour | landscape | mountains | rocks (landforms) | science | trees | waterfalls
- Associated Places:
- Chiavenna | Europe | Italy | Lombardia | Sondrio
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Susan Morris, Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, pp. 13, 49, no. 114, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA) [YCBA]
Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, p. 61, no. 173, pl. 59, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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