Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786, British
Title:
Tree and Distant Hills
Date:
between 1750 and 1755
Materials & Techniques:
Brushed black ink and brown wash on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/8 x 7 7/8 inches (16.2 x 20 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite upper left: "45" in graphite lower right: "D. 1494"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4990
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
hills | bushes | landscape | mountains | buildings | trees
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
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, pp. 24-5, no. 9, pl. 5, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8760