Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Pars, 1742–1782, British
Title:
The Falls at Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 7/8 inches (26.7 × 37.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and in purple ink, lower left: "[...] William Pars"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1354
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
waterfall | hills | mountain | trees | landscape
Associated Places:
Leinster | Ireland | Dargle | Wicklow | Powerscourt Waterfall
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Ireland - Art on a World Stage 1690-1840 (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015-03-17 - 2015-06-07)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)

British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
Publications:
William Laffan, Ireland : crossroads of art and design, 1690-1840, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2015, p. 86, 88, 232, no. 96, fig. 14 (p. 88), N6787 .I74 2015 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, British watercolors : drawings of the 18th and 19th centuries from the Yale Center for British Art, , Hudson Hill Press, New York, 1985, no. 6, pl. 6, ND1928 W533 1985 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11495