Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Title:
The Avon Gorge, Looking toward Clifton
Date:
ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with scraping out on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches (48.9 x 73 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.2007
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cliffs | fossils | river | canal | evolution | geology | science | limestone | boats | umbrella | costume | gorge | landscape | pointing | birds
Associated Places:
Avon Gorge | United Kingdom | Avon | England | Lancashire | Clifton
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13)

Francis Danby ARA (Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 1988-11-05 - 1989-01-21)

Francis Danby ARA (Tate Britain, 1989-02-15 - 1989-04-09)
Publications:
Robert Hoozee, British vision : observation and imagination in British art, 1750-1950, , Mercatorfonds Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels , Ghent, 2007, p. 213, no. 135, fig. 135, N6767 B78 2007 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8943