Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804, British
Title:
Mountainous Landscape with Two Figures overlooking a Lake
Date:
between 1780 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, pen and brown ink, graphite and yellow ground on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 13/16in. (18.7 x 27.5cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in pen and brown ink lower left: "Sale 6 June, 1804"; in graphite center left: "5"; in graphite center: "11"; in graphite lower left: "WG"; in graphite lower right: "Gilpin, Rev.William | Mountainous Landscape with | two figures overlooking | a lake | (MH 63/6/21/6)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5901
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | lake | trees | mountains | figures (representations)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, pp. 11, 55, no. 152, pl. 9, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7629