John Malchair, 1730–1812, German, active in Britain (1754–1812)
Title:
Broad Street, Oxford
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, charcoal and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 17 7/8 inches (30.5 × 45.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite on verso, center: "Broad Street, Oxford, looking East, The Clarendon Press and | Thesdonian Theatre in the distance. Winter, full moon | 6 p.m., Jan 1,1790 | Taken from a spot in front of J.B. Malchair's house", inscribed on verso, in lower left: "Malchair's handwriting", inscribed in verso, lower left to center: "Clarendon Street Oxford - Jan-1st-1790-16", inscribed on verso, lower center: "17 3/4x12", inscribed in verso, lower right:"No 147" encircled
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5452
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
street | cityscape | university
Associated Places:
Europe | United Kingdom | England | Oxford | Oxfordshire | Balliol College | Exeter College | Sheldonian Theater | Clarendon Building | University of Oxford
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
Publications:
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, p. 197, no. VI.22, pl. 169, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)