Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches (27.3 x 44.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and black ink, lower left: "View of the Graca Convent the Castle of Lisbon & the old See Cathedral taken from the convent of St Francisco da Cidade |1774"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1813
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | cityscape | Grand Tour
Associated Places:
Lisbon | Portugal
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
Publications:
Scott Wilcox, British watercolors : drawings of the 18th and 19th centuries from the Yale Center for British Art, , Hudson Hill Press, New York, 1985, no. 7, pl. 7, ND1928 W533 1985 (YCBA)