Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797, British
Title:
The Lake and Town of Nemi
Date:
ca. 1779
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, brushed black ink, black wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/8 x 20 1/2 inches (36.5 x 52.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back on mount in graphite lower right: "COZENS, J. R. NEMI | 70/3/27/69"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.361
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | clouds | cliffs | mountains | buildings | trees | Grand Tour
Associated Places:
Nemi | Italy | Campagna | Nemi, Lago di
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)

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

Romance and Reality (Wildenstein) (Wildenstein & Company, Inc., 1978-09-22 - 1978-12-07)
Publications:
Duncan Bull, Classic ground : British artists and the landscape of Italy, 1740-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 5, 6, 31, no. 18, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA)

Maria Delores Sanchez-Jauregul, The English prize, the capture of the Westmorland, an episode of the grand tour , Yale University Press, New Haven, 2012, pp. 122, 123, fig. 79, N9135 .E54 2012 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, pp. 12, 42, no. 94, pl. 38, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8938