Alexander Cozens
A Small Pool with Willow Trees

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Artist Alexander Cozens (British, 1717–1786)British, 1717–1786

CultureBritish

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A Small Pool with Willow Trees

Datec. 1770

MediumBrush and brown wash on laid paper, laid down on artist's wash-lined mount

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 her grandson, Rex Carlton Bowen

Object number2016.30

Not on view

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Special Collections

The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

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; by descent, Major O. J. de Salis, great grandson of the above, 1982; [Christie’s, London, Highly Important English Drawings and Watercolours, June 15, 1982, lot 8, illus.]; [Leger Galleries, London, 1982]; H. L. Dannhauser, 1982-2012; [Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, London, 2013-2014]; [Lowell Libson,London, 2014-2015]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition HistoryExhibition of English Watercolours, Leger Galleries, London, November-December 1982, cat. 1, illus. (exh. cat.).

British Drawings and Watercolours, Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, London, Summer 2013, cat. 4, illus. (exh. cat.).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed in brown ink below image, left: Alex.r Cozens

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