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Creator:
unknown artist
Title:
Villa Pliniana on the Lake of Como
Date:
ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 3/8 inches (18.1 × 23.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Villa Pliniana Lagodi" [illegible - paper torn]; and in ink, verso, lower right: "Plianiana on ye Lake of Como"; and upper center, verso: "No. 71."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.841
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | birds | bushes | cliffs | Grand Tour | lake | landscape | trees | villa | waterfalls
Associated Places:
Como, Lago di | Europe | Italy
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7890
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Douglas Fordham, Aquatint Worlds : Travel, Print, and Empire 1770-1820, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven and London, p. 256, fig. 209, NE2230 .F674 2019 (LC) Oversize [ORBIS]


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