Alexander Cozens
A Small Pool with Willow Trees

ArtistBritish, 1717–1786
CultureBritish
Titles
  • A Small Pool with Willow Trees
Datec. 1770
MediumBrown wash on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 3/16 × 11 3/8 in. (20.8 × 28.9 cm)
Mount (original): 10 × 13 3/16 in. (25.4 × 33.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Frances Hubbard Koelsch and John Jeffries
Object number2016.30
Not on view

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ProvenanceMiss Aynscombe, niece of George Challoner; Katherine Townshend, her cousin, who married the Rev. Thomas Bisse; Col. T.-C. Bisse Challoner (1789-1872), son of the above, who married Henrietta de Salis; The Rev. H. J. de Salis (1828-1915), brother-in-law of the above; Major O. J. de Salis, great grandson of the above, 1982; Leger Galleries, London, 1982; H. L. Dannhauser, to 2013; [through Lowell Libson Ltd., London]; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2015
Exhibition HistoryLondon, Leger Galleries, English Watercolours, December 1982, no. 1, repr.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in brown ink below image, left: Alex.r Cozens
Recto: Signed in brown ink below image, left: Alex.r Cozens
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