Jean Baptiste Pillement, 1727–1808, French, Castleton Caves, Peak District, Derbyshire, ca. 1760
- Title:
- Castleton Caves, Peak District, Derbyshire
- Date:
- ca. 1760
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 3/8 × 16 7/8 inches (28.9 × 42.9 cm), Mount: 16 3/4 × 22 3/8 inches (42.5 × 56.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "J Pillement 34"
Lettered below image in pen and brown ink: "Vue de la premiere Chambre De la Caverne | de Darby en debarquant"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4397
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14227
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Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 15, no. 119, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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