Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Title:
A Lake in Norway
Date:
ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/16 x 16 5/16 inches (30.9 x 41.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, upper left: "1917 (encircled)"; on back, upper right: "A Lake in Norway by Francis Danby A R A | r + the yoa(?) Richardson collection. | Shown at the Danby Centenary exhibition (separate to [...] 1961) | organized by the Arts Council at the Bristol Art Gallery."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1486
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | sailboat | science | geology | snow | mountains | lake | cliffs | pine trees
Associated Places:
Europe | Norway
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Jonathan Mayne, Taste in Water-Colour, Apollo, vol. 77, April 1963, p. 294, fig. 8, N1 A54 + (YCBA) Second copy available in Vertical File : V1168
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8944