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Blot Landscape

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

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
Prints
Printmaking Techniques
Object type
Print
TitleBlot Landscape (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Aquatint
Paper
Aquatint
Printing
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: 9.5in
  • Width: 12.375in
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Subject depicted
Landscapes
Bibliographic references
  • Owens, Susan, The Art of Drawing British Masters and Methods since 1600, V&A Publishing, London, 2013, p. 82, fig. 59
  • Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981. p.37.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Other number
9 - Plate number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.231-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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