Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Woollett, 1735–1785, British

after Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Title:
Snowden Hill
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/4 x 21 3/8in. (40 x 54.3cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "<Mr><. . .>"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "16399 | 9 4/20"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14577
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | mountains | fishing | lakes | hills | trees | boats
Associated Places:
Snowden Hill
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24)

Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
Publications:
Martin Postle, Richard Wilson and the transformation of European landscape painting, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014, p. 265, NJ18.W72 R53 2014 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 12, no. 97, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40407