Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786, British, Coastal Scene with Wooded Cliff, ca. 1770
- Title:
- Coastal Scene with Wooded Cliff
- Date:
- ca. 1770
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black ink, graphite, brown wash, gray wash, brown ground and varnish on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 9 7/8 x 13 5/8 inches (25.1 x 34.6 cm), Sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 inches (12.4 x 17.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite upper left: "2"; inscribed on back on mount in graphite lower right: "COZENS, Alexander | coastal Scene with | wooded cliff
Signed on mount in pen and gray ink lower left: "Alexr. Cozens."; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5797
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cliffs | clouds | landscape | sailboats | seascape | shore (landform) | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8807
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The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, p. 27, no. 14, pl. 6, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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