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- Title:
Crichton Castle (Mountainous Landscape with a Rainbow)
- Date:
- ca. 1818
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches (17.5 x 24.8 cm), Mount: 7 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (20 x 26.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, on mount, lower right: "Line Mr | 11/4 Bevel Flat"; in graphite, verso, on mount, lower right: "<. . . > 20"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6299
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- castle | clouds | hills | landscape (representation) | meteorology | mountains | rainbow | science
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5502
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