Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833, British
Title:
Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye, Dawn
Date:
between 1826 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, scraping out and gum on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches (45.1 x 65.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, center right: "11112"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6254
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | night | reflection | mountains | moon | goats
Associated Places:
Coruisk, Loch | Skye, Island of | Scotland
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Romantic Watercolor : Exhibition Watercolors & Technique (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-10 - 2003-01-05)

Metropole London 1800 - 1840 (Kulturstiftung Ruhr, 1992-06-04 - 1992-11-08)

Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)

Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)

Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
Publications:
John Baskett, Paul Mellon's Legacy: a Passion for British Art: Masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, p. 290, no. 103, pl. 103, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, p. 124, no. I.22, pl. 101, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, no. 103, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 19, no. 145, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA)

John Ruskin, The works of John Ruskin, , George Allen, London, 1903-1912, p. 193 (v. 3), , PR5251 C66 1903 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15258