Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Title:
View of the Church and Village of St. Cue, Cornwall
Date:
ca. 1812
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and gray and red brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (17.1 x 26 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, center: "Mentioned in Georges Rowlandson vol. II p. 423 as | in the authors own collection | Church & Village of St. Cue near Wadebridge, Cornwall | Engraved in 1812"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.128
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
country (rural landscape) | bushes | cattle | dog (animal) | church | trees | village | men | women | genre | wagon | genre subject | landscape
Associated Places:
Europe | England | Cornwall | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Rowlandson from the Paul Mellon Collection (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2005-04-14 - 2005-06-10)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Mathew Thomas Payne, Regarding Thomas Rowlandson, 1757-1827, his life, art & acquaintance , Hogarth Arts, London, 2010, pp. 248, 249, fig. 104, NJ18 R79 P39 2010 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6493