Alexander Cozens
A Castle in a Landscape

ArtistBritish, 1717–1786
CultureBritish
Titles
  • A Castle in a Landscape
Datec. 1770
MediumBrush and ink with gray and yellow wash on tinted laid paper, laid down on artist's wash-line mount
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 Ann and Dan Ahuero
Object number2018.237
Not on view

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Provenance[Spink-Leger, London, 1999]; [Christie’s, London, British Art on Paper, June 3, 2004, lot 61]; private collection, United Kingdom, 2004; acquired by [Lowell Libson and Jonny Yarker, Ltd., 2016-2018]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition HistoryCastles in the Air: Drawings by Alexander Cozens and Victor Hugo, Spink-Leger Pictures, London, 1999, cat. 3. (as Castle in a Landscape) (exh. cat. by Lowell Libson).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: On the original mount, signed in ink, lower right: Alex.r Cozens. [cursive].
Verso: On the original mount, inscribed in ink: "57" and "lot 323--three."
Watermark on drawing sheet, vertical at center right: unidentified watermark (letters?) [conservation needed]; Watermark on mount, bottom center: Partial watermark of a crown [conservation needed]


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