Artist
Alexander CozensBritish, 1717–1786
CultureBritish
Titles
- A Castle in a Landscape
Datec. 1770
MediumBrush and ink with gray wash on tinted laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 3 7/8 × 7 in. (9.8 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Marie and John Glover and their family
Object number2018.237
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Castles in the Air: Drawings by Alexander Cozens and Victor Hugo," Spink-Leger Pictures, London, May–June 1999, Cat. 3.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: On the original mount, signed in ink, lower right: Alex.r Cozens. [cursive]
Watermark, vertical at center right: [unidentified]
Mount: Watermark, bottom center: [crown, partial]
Mount: Watermark, bottom center: [crown, partial]
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