Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 5/8 x 20 1/4 inches (34.6 x 51.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "JS[in monogram] 1784"; in black ink, verso, lower center: "Villa Medici at Rome, from the Strada Babourni"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4699
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | cityscape | villa | trees | windows | architectural subject | clouds | Grand Tour
Associated Places:
Italy | Rome
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09)British Watercolors - A Golden Age 1750-1850 (The Speed Art Museum, 1977-10-17 - 1977-11-26)English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
John Baskett, Paul Mellon's Legacy: a Passion for British Art: Masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, p. 269, no. 57, pl. 57, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, no. 57, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)