Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797, British
Title:
The Pays de Valais
Date:
between 1780 and 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and red-brown gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches (36.2 x 52.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1902
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | houses | trees | mountains | horses (animals) | rocks (landforms) | Grand Tour
Associated Places:
Geneva, Lake of | Valais | Switzerland
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)

The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)

English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours from the collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon of Upperville, Virginia, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, no. 25, pl. VII, N5247.M385 L62 (YCBA)

An exhibition of English drawings and water colors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, February 18-April 1, 1962, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1962, pp. 9, 23, no. 23, pl. 23, NC228 U6 (YCBA) Copy 2 is on Mellon Shelf

British Drawings and Water-Colours in an American Collection-, Illustrated London News, vol.240,no. 6403, April 21, 1962, p. 627, Available Online: Illus.London News Hist. Archive

Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 9, 113, no. I.1, pl. 5, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 63, no. 65, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, pp. 9, 50, no. 135, pl. 35, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 32, pl. 14, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, English drawings and watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 15-June 20,1965, , New Haven, 1965, no. 25, Pl. VII, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8890