Frederick Christian Lewis the Elder, 1779–1856, British
Title:
River Tamar, near Endsleigh, Devon
Date:
ca. 1832
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 × 9 1/4 inches (14.9 × 23.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed and signed in artist's hand in pen and brown ink, verso, upper center:" No. 233" and lower center: "River Tamar near Endsleigh, Devon | F. C. Lewis"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "F. C. Lewis 1779-1856. Landscape painter and engraver | made many sketches in Devonshire. His oil paintin[g] | "View of Tamar" is in the Woburn Abbey Collection."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.843
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | plains | river | hills
Associated Places:
United Kingdom | England | Tavistock | Devon | Devon | Tamar