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Blot Landscape

Print
ca. 1750-86 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Aquatint from a set of 20 plates out of 42, depicting a landscape in the 'blot' technique developed by Cozens, for 'New Methods of Assisting in the Invention in Drawing Original Compositions of Landscape' (published 1788).


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBlot Landscape (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Aquatint
Brief description
Aquatint print by Alexander Cozens depicting a 'Blot Landscape'. British School, ca. 1750-86.
Physical description
Aquatint from a set of 20 plates out of 42, depicting a landscape in the 'blot' technique developed by Cozens, for 'New Methods of Assisting in the Invention in Drawing Original Compositions of Landscape' (published 1788).
Dimensions
  • Height: 270mm
  • Width: 340mm
9.5 x 12.375 inches: Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Other number
13 - Plate number
Collection
Accession number
E.235-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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