Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786, British
Title:
River and Mountain, with Ruins
Date:
between 1750 and 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Brushed black ink, gray wash, pen and brown ink, and pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (8.9 x 17.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite upper right: "25"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.813
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
ruins | landscape | trees | river | mountain | Grand Tour
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)

The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
Publications:
Duncan Bull, Classic ground : British artists and the landscape of Italy, 1740-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 3, 34, no. 28, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, p. 25, no. 11, pl. 5, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8711