'Blot' drawing in progress for 'Hannibal Passing the Alps'

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Artist/Maker	Cozens, Alexander (drawn by) John Robert Cozens (drawn by)
Place of origin	England (made)

Brush and ink and graphite, drawing in progress for 'Hannibal Passing the Alps', comprising a freely-brushed ink drawing on a back sheet overlaid with a piece of tracing paper. Black ink applied with a brush on the back sheet with pen and ink and graphite outline on tracing-paper front sheet.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	'Blot' drawing in progress for 'Hannibal Passing the Alps'
Materials and techniques	Brush and ink and graphite Brush and Ink Graphite Pen and Ink Drawn
Brief description	Alexander Cozens (1717-1786), and John Robert Cozens (1752-1797)? 'blot' drawing in progress for 'Hannibal Passing the Alps'. British School, ca.1750-86.
Physical description	Brush and ink and graphite, drawing in progress for 'Hannibal Passing the Alps', comprising a freely-brushed ink drawing on a back sheet overlaid with a piece of tracing paper. Black ink applied with a brush on the back sheet with pen and ink and graphite outline on tracing-paper front sheet.
Dimensions	From catalogue height: 24.1cm From catalogue width: 32.9cm
Marks and inscriptions	The passage of Hannibal over the Alps (Inscribed in ink on back.)
Object history	This object is an example of a 'blot' drawing in progress. A book of 42 'blot' drawings was published by Cozen's in New Methods of Assisting the Invention in Drawing Original Composition of Lanscape. Published 1788.
Subjects depicted	Mountains Trees Hannibal
Bibliographic references	Oppé, A.P. Fresh Light on Alexander Cozens. Fresh Light on Alexander Cozens. The Print Collector's Quarterly. 1921, vol. 61, no.viii. Turner, Hugo, Moreau: entdeckung der abstraktion / herausgegeben von Raphael Rosenburg, Max Hollein Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle, 2007. ISBN: 9783777437552. Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981. p.37. Owens, Susan, The Art of Drawing British Masters and Methods since 1600, V&A Publishing, London, 2013, p. 82, fig. 60
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.243-1925

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Record created	April 16, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O133957/blot-drawing-in-progress-for-drawing-cozens-alexander/

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