François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839, French, active in Britain
Title:
Mousehold Heath, Norwich
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (31.8 x 23.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in in watercolor, lower left: "Francia"; inscribed on back in graphite, center: "Done for his friend. Wm Peirson | as a small return for his | Imitations of Kobell's Etchings | by L'Francia. 1808-"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4680
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
pond | road | trees | hills | landscape
Associated Places:
United Kingdom | Norwich | Mousehold Heath | England | Europe | Norfolk
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Louis Francia (Musée des Beaux Arts et de la Dentelle, 1988-10-15 - 1989-01-10)Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
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, cat. no.44, 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, p. 10, cat. no. 32, NC228 U6 (YCBA) Copy 2 is on Mellon ShelfBritish 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. ArchiveLouis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, p. 167, no. IV.14, pl. 143, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 102, no. 168, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (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, cat. no. 44, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)