Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Linnell, 1792–1882, British
Title:
A View of the Fens
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 9 x 12 3/8 inches (22.9 x 31.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in brown ink, lower right: "J Linnell"; not dated
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.438
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | fens | wetlands | fields | building | grasses | overcast | clouds
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours from the collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon of Upperville, Virginia, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, cat. no 65, N5247.M385 L62 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 104, no. 183, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, English drawings and watercolors, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 15 - June 20, 1965 , New Haven, 1965, Cat. No. 65, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2079