Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842, British
Title:
Cader Idris
Date:
between 1824 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Soft-ground etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 7/16 inches (13.9 x 18.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on mount, lower left: "J. S. Cotman"; on mount, lower center: "Cader Idris"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11302
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
Welsh | cattle | landscape | cows | hills | trees | animals | mountains
Associated Places:
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire | Wales | Cader Idris | Cymru | United Kingdom | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Romantic Landscape Prints - The Chiaroscuro of Nature (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-09-25 - 2002-12-29)

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

Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1981-03-08 - 1981-04-19)

Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1981-05-12 - 1981-06-28)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 9, no. 61, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30841