Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Canaletto, 1697–1768, Venetian, active in Britain (1746–55)
Title:
View of Old Somerset House from the Thames
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, watercolor and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 x 28 7/8 inches (41.3 x 73.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6111
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
arches | chimneys | genre subject | river | architecture | boats | trees | garden | wall | architectural subject | columns | pond | pedestals
Associated Places:
Thames | United Kingdom | Somerset House | London | England
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Canaletto in England - A Venetian Artist Abroad, 1746-1755 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-19 - 2006-12-31)

Canaletto in England - A Venetian Artist Abroad, 1746-1755 (Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2007-01-24 - 2007-04-15)
Publications:
Robin Simon, Royal Academy of Arts: History and Collections, New Haven, p. 26, fig. 15, N1100 A869 2018 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)

Simon Thurley, Somerset House, the palace of England's Queens 1551-1692 , no. 168, London Topographical Society, London, 2009, pp. 119-120, no. 26, DA687.S7 T58 2009 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15197