Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, Britishafter John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797, British
Title:
Villa d'Este
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and back ink, blue wash and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches (42.5 x 55.2 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.197
Gallery Label:
Around 1795 Turner began working alongside Thomas Girtin at Dr. Thomas Monro’s “Academy.” Monro was a specialist in psychiatric cases and was acting as physician to John Robert Cozens. He was also an amateur artist who collected work in watercolor by the leading exponents of the time, especially Cozens. He paid Turner and Girtin to make copies of Cozens’s drawings, Girtin sketching the outlines and Turner adding the color. This drawing was made after a Cozens design and could perhaps be a collaboration between the two young artists. Gallery label for Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
