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Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786

Landscape with a Ruined Temple

between 1746 and 1750

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Alexander Cozens, Landscape with a Ruined Temple, between 1746 and 1750, Graphite, brown ink, brown wash and brown ground on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1975.4.1802.
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  • Creator

    Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786

  • Title

    Landscape with a Ruined Temple

  • Date

    between 1746 and 1750

  • Materials & Techniques

    Graphite, brown ink, brown wash and brown ground on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

  • Dimensions

    Mount: 14 x 17 1/4 inches (35.6 x 43.8 cm), Sheet: 12 5/8 x 16 inches (32.1 x 40.6 cm)

  • Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering

    Inscribed in graphite upper left: "C"; inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "[...]28300 LXX"

  • Credit Line

    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Accession Number

    B1975.4.1802

  • Classification

    Drawings & Watercolors

  • Collection

    Prints and Drawings

  • Subject Terms

    birds | Grand Tour | hills | landscape | rocks (landforms) | ruins | temple

  • Access

    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Link

    https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8751

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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Romance and Reality (Wildenstein) (Wildenstein & Company, Inc., 1978-09-22 - 1978-12-07) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Duncan Bull, Classic ground : British artists and the landscape of Italy, 1740-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, p. 3, 41, no. 47, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Scott Wilcox, British watercolors : drawings of the 18th and 19th centuries from the Yale Center for British Art, , Hudson Hill Press, New York, 1985, no. 1, pl. 1, ND1928 W533 1985 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, p. 24, no. 6, pl. 4, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

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