Watercolor with scraping out on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (13.7 x 18.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4629
Gallery Label:
Richard Parkes Bonington’s family moved from England to France while he was still in his teens, settling just across the English Channel in Calais. There he received tuition in watercolor from Louis Francia before going on to the Paris studio of the history painter Baron Antoine-Jean Gros. Returning regularly to the French coast, he painted landscapes in a bravura watercolor technique that was immensely influential on both sides of the Channel. His tragically early death only enhanced his reputation. Gallery label for Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
