Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Deacon, c. 1728–1750, British
Title:
Rocky Landscape with Classical Buildings
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 9 1/8 inches (18.4 × 23.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In the artist's hand (?), in graphite on verso of original mount, no longer attached: Jas Deacon/fecit/1744; in graphite, in another hand, on verso of later mount (?): drawn by James Deacon
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5653
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | architectural subject | Classical | buildings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Great Age of British Watercolors c.1750 - 1880 (Royal Academy of Arts, 1993-01-15 - 1993-07-25)

The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
Publications:
Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, p. 52, no. 142, pl. 2, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7728