John Linnell the Elder
Cloud Study

Cloud Study

Public Domain

ArtistBritish, 1792–1882
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Cloud Study
Date18th century
PlaceEngland
MediumWatercolor over graphite, heightened with white on brown wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 4 5/8 × 9 in. (11.7 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary Alice Wilson
Object number79.279
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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "British Watercolors: Drawings from the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art", SARAH CAMPBELL BLAFFER GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, Houston TX2 June - 8 August 1986 (LN:86.32)

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