Clare Hall and King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, from the Banks of the River Cam
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (20 x 27.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.1292
Gallery Label:
After studying English literature and history at Yale, Paul Mellon pursued a further degree at Clare College, Cambridge. There he rode to hounds, went racing at Newmarket, and lived the life of what he enjoyed calling a "galloping Anglophile." Gallery label for The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)