A Landscape with Distant Classical Ruins, a Bridge, Figures, and Cattle
Date:
1752
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 × 35 3/4 inches (71.1 × 90.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower left: "Wm Smith 1752"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.596
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
bridge (built work) | robe | staff (walking stick) | water | ruins | livestock | trees | men | riverbank | view | mountains | landscape | stones | town | river | road | cattle | cliff | Classical
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 210-211, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 15 (v.1), no. 48, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA)Yale University Art Gallery, Painting in England, 1700-1850, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon : [exhibition at] Yale University Art Gallery, April 15-June 20, 1965, , vol. 1, W. Clowes and sons, New Haven, 1965, p. 44 (v.1), no. 165, ND466 Y35 (YCBA)