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Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 1758–1838, British, The Lake of Nemi called Speculum Diane, 1786 to 1819

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Creator:

Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 1758–1838

Title:

The Lake of Nemi called Speculum Diane

Part Of:

Collective Title: [One from a volume of 66] "Views Drawn from Nature in the Neighborhood of Rome and Abruzzo etc. By Sir Richard Colt Hoare Bart. In the Years 1786 to 1790"

Date:

1786 to 1819

Materials & Techniques:

Graphite, pen and brown ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 13 3/16 x 20 1/8 inches (33.5 x 51.1 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in brown ink below image, lower left: "No 12."; lower center: "The Lake of Nemi called. Speculum Diane."; lower right: "RCH. 1786 : 1819."

Signed and dated in brown ink below image, lower right: "RCH. 1786 : 1819."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.2761

Classification:

Drawings & Watercolors

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

genre subject | Grand Tour | landscape

Associated Places:

Nemi, Lago di

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https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:28380

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Duncan Bull, Classic ground : British artists and the landscape of Italy, 1740-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 6, 17, 32, no. 23, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA) [YCBA]

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