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- Title:
The Summit of Cader Idris Mountain
- Date:
- 1775
- Medium:
- Line engraving and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 5/8 x 24 inches (44.8 x 61 cm), Plate: 15 7/8 x 21 1/2 inches (40.3 x 54.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed, verso, in graphite, lower left: "16401 | 9 4/20"; in graphite, lower right: "(IR74/648)"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered lower left: "Richd. Wilsoon Pinxt."; lower center: "The Summit of Cader-Idris Mountain, | in North Wales." lower center: "Le Sommet de Cader-Idris, | Montagne dans la Principauté de Galles."; lower right: "E. & M. Rooker Sculpsert."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14565
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cattle | crater | lake | legends (folk tales) | mountain | telescope | tourism | tourists
- Associated Places:
- Cader Idris
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40371
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