John Robert Cozens
London and the Thames from Greenwich

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Artist John Robert Cozens (British, 1752–1797)British, 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

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Special Collections

The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

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
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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
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