Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 5/8 inches (15.6 × 21.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite upper left to right: "Church Hope at the back of the Island - where Govener Penn has a house [...] I [...] Quarries & remarkable Subsidence."; on verso in pen and brown ink, upper left to right: "Spanish Lake near I Church Hope at the back of the Island where is the govenors house I and a great Quarry - as well as remarkable subsidence.";in graphite, lower right: "view from Portland of Chesil Bank"; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "view from Portland at the Chesil Bank."; in graphite, center: "Ferry Land"; in graphite, center left: "Chesil Bank 16 Miles Long"; in graphite, lower left: "[...] of Chesil, [...]"; in graphite, lower right: "[...] | Portery Castle"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection