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Watercolour

1776 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Cozens, John Robert (artist)
Place of origin
Switzerland (drawn)

View in Switzerland; 'Between Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald: sketched on the spot in 1776'; Slight sketch, drawn with the pen, and slightly tinted.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Watercolour
Materials and techniques
slight sketch, drawn with the pen, and slightly tinted
Paper
Pen
Sketching
Tinting
Brief description
Cozens, John Robert; View in Switzerland; 'Between Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald: sketched on the spot in 1776'; Slight sketch, drawn with the pen, and slightly tinted; English School; 1776.
Physical description
View in Switzerland; 'Between Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald: sketched on the spot in 1776'; Slight sketch, drawn with the pen, and slightly tinted.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.2in
  • Width: 13.9in
Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
English School
Marks and inscriptions
Between Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald: sketched on the spot in 1776
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Collection-John Townley.
Subjects depicted
Landscape
Landscape
Shepherd
Sheep
Mountains
Place depicted
Switzerland
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • C. F. Bell and T. Girtin, 'The Drawings and Sketches of John Robert Cozens: A Catalogue with an Historical Introduction', The Walpole Society, vol. 23, 1934-35, cat. no. 18. I, p. 30
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.711

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Record createdNovember 2, 2009
Record URL
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