Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786, British, River and Boat, ca. 1770
- Title:
- River and Boat
- Date:
- ca. 1770
- Materials & Techniques:
- Brushed black ink, pen and black ink, graphite, light brown ground and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches (13 x 16.5 cm), Mount: 6 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (15.6 x 19.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back on mount in graphite center: "1/2 [ . . . ] | 53 | G. W. Girtin" in graphite lower right: "COZENS, Alexander | River and boat"
Signed on mount in pen and brown ink lower left: "Alexr. Cozens"; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.812
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- flag | hills | landscape | marine art | river | sailboat | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8710
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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, p. 27, no. 15, pl. 6, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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