Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Title:
View in the Barracano de Martianez, Port Orotava, Tenerife, looking Northward
Date:
1820
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 inches (15.6 × 20.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In pen and brown ink, lower center: "View in the Barranco de Martianez/ Port Orotava Tenerife/ looking Northward"; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "May 16 |1820"; on verso, in pen and brown ink, upper left: "7 | Edwd. Chas. Mitchell"; in graphite, center: "En El Barranco de Martianez"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.301
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | passage | figures | cliffs | ravine | bridge (built work)
Associated Places:
Tenerife | Spain | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7792