- Title:
Travellers on Horseback Approaching a Village with a Spire
- Additional Title(s):
Village Scene with Horseman and Travellers
Village Scene with Horsemen and Figures
A Village Scene with Horsemen and Figures
- Date:
- between 1765 and 1770
- Medium:
- Watercolor over black chalk and gum on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid down on (laminated wove paper) card
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches (21.9 x 31.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark, bottom right: Earl of Warwick (Lugt 2600)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.2589
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- birds | church | cottages | dog (animal) | equestrians | horses (animals) | landscape | path | spire | travelers | trees | village | women
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9649
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