John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797, British, Upon the Aare between Unterseen and the Lake of Brientz, 1776
- Title:
- Upon the Aare between Unterseen and the Lake of Brientz
- Date:
- 1776
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, blue wash, gray wash, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (23.5 x 36.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left: "Upon the Aare between | Unterseen and the Lake of | Brientz | 15"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "(PM 2157) | (65/9/14/3)"
Watermark: "LVG" Similar to Heawood: 2744.
Signed in graphite lower right: "3 7 6 0 | COZENS, J R"; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1104
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- fishermen | Grand Tour | lake | landscape | mountains | river | towers | trees
- Associated Places:
- Aare | Lake Brienz | Switzerland | Unterseen
- 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:8864
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The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, pp. 11, 39-40, no. 88, pl. 34, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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