Mary Harcourt, 1750–1833, Britishformerly attributed to Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786, British
Title:
Lake Morat from Avenches
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Brushed brown ink, brown wash, graphite and brown ground on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches (21.6 x 27.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink upper right: "Lake Morat from Avenche[...]"; inscribed on mount in pen and brown ink upper right: "Lake Morat - "; in graphite lower right: "Lac Morat"; inscribed on back on mount in graphite center: "<G. W. Girtin> | Royal | 17"; in graphite lower left: "T. Girtin coll.4 | (T670/3/27/65) | (pm 5770)"; in graphite lower right: "Cozens, Alexander | Lake Morat from | Avranches"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.814
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | lake | trees | mountains | valley (landform)
Associated Places:
Europe | Switzerland | Fribourg | Avenches | Morat, Lac de
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
Publications:
Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, pp. 12, 57, no. 157, pl. 27, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA)