John Robert Cozens
London and the Thames from Greenwich

London and the Thames from Greenwich

Public Domain

London and the Thames from Greenwich
ArtistBritish, 1752–1797
CultureBritish
Titles
  • London and the Thames from Greenwich
Datec. 1792
Place depictedLondon, United Kingdom
MediumWatercolor over graphite on laid paper, laid down on artist's wash-line mount
DimensionsImage: 14 3/8 × 20 5/8 in. (36.5 × 52.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Amy M. Purvis
Object number2016.345
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
209 Nicandros Gallery
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Department
Prints and Drawings
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Yorkshire, until circa 1956; [Thomas Agnew’s & Sons, London, c. 1956–57]; purchased by H. G. Balfour, 1957; thence by family descent, until 1995; [Leger Galleries, London, c. 1995–96]; purchased by Sir Edwin Manton (1909–2005), 1996; given to Judy Caruso, New York, 1997–2013; [Sotheby’s, London, Old Master & British Drawings Including French Masterworks from the Dormeuil Collection, July 3, 2013, lot 174]; [Lowell Libson, London, 2015–16; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition History84th Annual Exhibition of Water-colour Drawings, exh. cat., London, Thomas Agnew's & Sons, 84, January-February 1957, 6, cat. 32 (as London from Greenwich Hill).

Watercolours by John Robert Cozens. Manchester: Whitworth Art Gallery; London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1971, 34, under cat. 94 (exh. cat. by Francis Hawcroft).

British Paintings Watercolours & Drawings, London, Leger Galleries, 1996, pp. 24-25.

Recent Acquisitions, exh. cat., London, Lowell Libson, 2016, pp. 28-31, illus.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in watercolor, below left bottom edge of image on artist's wash-line mount: Jn. Cozens 1792
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Signed in watercolor, below image, left: Jn. Cozens 1792
Recto of handcolored mount: Signed and dated in brown ink, lower left: J.R. Cozens 1792
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: [none]
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