Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)
Title:
A River by a Rocky Bank with Figures, Possibly in India
Date:
between 1783 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (27 × 34.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5750
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | trees | washing | river | tents | rocks (landforms)
Associated Places:
Ganges | India
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Martin Postle, Johan Zoffany, RA : Society Observed, , Yale University Press, New Haven, 2011, p. 287, cat. no. 100, NJ18 Z68 + A12 2011 Oversize (YCBA)Mary Webster, Johan Zoffany, 1733-1810, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2011, pp. 540, 546, fig. 414, NJ18 Z68 W43 2011 + (YCBA)