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Creator:
William Woollett, 1735–1785
after Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Title:
Snowden Hill
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/4 x 21 3/8in. (40 x 54.3cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "<Mr><. . .>"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "16399 | 9 4/20"

Collector's mark: Paul Mellon

Lettered lower left: "Richard Wilson Pinxt."; lower left: "SNOWDEN HILL, | and the adjacent Country in North Wales."; lower right: "LE MONTAGNE DE SNOWDEN, \ avec les Environs dans la Principauté de Galles."; lower right: "William Woollett Sculpt."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14577
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
boats | fishing | hills | lakes | landscape | mountains | trees
Associated Places:
Snowden Hill
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40407
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Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Martin Postle, Richard Wilson and the transformation of European landscape painting, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014, p. 265, NJ18.W72 R53 2014 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 12, no. 97, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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