The Mouth of the Cavern at Castleton in the Peak of Derby
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (26.7 x 31.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "D. 2641"; inscribed on mount on verso in pen and brown ink, lower center: "The Mouth of the Cavern of Castleton in the Peak of Derby"; in graphite, lower left: "1"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5193
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
working | apron | women | labor | path | landscape | hay | genre subject | mining | children | men | walking
Associated Places:
United Kingdom | England | Castleton | Derbyshire | Peak Cavern
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
Publications:
Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 15, no. 111, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA)