unknown artist, Monro School? Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British? Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
In the Via Mala, Between Coire and Splugen
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, gray wash and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 x 9 5/8 inches (38.1 x 24.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "Bridge & hollow rock | over the Rhine in | the Via Mala | Between Coire & Chiavenna | in the Grisons"; in graphite, verso, upper right: "48."; in graphite, verso, lower right: "3"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.1218
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | bridge (built work) | science | trees | rocks (landforms) | waterfalls | geology | Grand Tour
Associated Places:
Splugen | Europe | Graubünden | Switzerland | Via Mala | Coire
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
Publications:
Susan Morris, Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, pp. 13, 49, no. 113, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)Kim Sloan, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, the poetry of landscape , Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1986, pp. 121, 124, pl. 140, NJ18 C83 S56 (YCBA)Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, p. 61, no. 172, pl. 59, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA)