- Title:
- Ullswater, Looking toward Patterdale
- Date:
- 1792
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 3/8 x 20 1/8 inches (34 x 51.1 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 15 x 21 5/8 inches (38.1 x 54.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower right: "J. Smith 1792"; in graphite, upper center: "Ullswater looking to Caterdale No 48"
watermark: similar to Churchill no 415, and Shorter, Fig. 197 (Whatman)
Signed and dated in black ink, lower right: "J. Smith 1792"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.266
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boat | lake | landscape | mountains | sky | trees | valley (landform)
- Associated Places:
- Cumbria | England | Europe | Lake District | Patterdale | Ullswater | United Kingdom
- 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:8173
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