Brown wash and brown ink with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (15.9 x 12.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, upper left: "2539 (encircled)"; on back, center: "Francis Danby ARA | [...] F D. | Formerly in the collection of | monochrome drawings in the | possession of Charles Branwhite | Purchased (with others) at the sale of the | Yda(?) Richardson Collection at Manor H[...] | Abbot Leigh"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.48
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
dark | rocks (landforms) | geology | night | light | shadow | folklore | trees | wood | pond | landscape
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours from the collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon of Upperville, Virginia, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, no. 60, N5247.M385 L62 (YCBA)Yale University Art Gallery, English drawings and watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 15-June 20,1965, , New Haven, 1965, no. 60, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)