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Creator:
Charles Hamilton Smith, 1776–1859
Title:
The Oak of Alloucille
Part Of:

Collective Title: Views of France, Volume I

Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/8 × 12 7/8 inches (41 × 32.7 cm), Binding: 16 1/8 inches (41 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, upper center: <...>; inscribed in graphite, lower center: <....>; inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: "The Oak of Alloucille. | 3 miles from Yvetot. | There is a chapel in the tree 11 ft. diameter 900 years old."

Signed in pen and black ink, lower right: "CHS"; not dated

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.1812(24)
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:70791
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