Interior of a cottage
Watercolour
ca. 1840 (made)
ca. 1840 (made)
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Watercolour view depicting a cottage interior.
Object details
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Title | Interior of a cottage (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour drawing |
Brief description | Pencil and watercolour drawing by Charles West Cope depicting an interior of a cottage. Great Britain, ca. 1840. |
Physical description | Watercolour view depicting a cottage interior. |
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Credit line | Given by Sir Arthur Cope |
Object history | Like the views in Mortham Tower (cat.nos.62a, 62b), these interiors were painted on the spot during one of Cope's sketching tours. By 1840, artists were touring Britain in search of subjects, not only in the outdoor landscape, but in the 'picturesqueness', even quaintness, of the interiors of old buildings, preferably the timbered, plastered and thatched houses of the period 1300-1600. This love of such buildings still flourishes among British tourists from home and abroad today, and is often thought to be a peculiarly British phenomenon. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935 |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.2273-1934 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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