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Charles Gore, 1729–1807, British, Chamonix, Mer de Glace, between 1778 and 1779
- Title:
Chamonix, Mer de Glace
- Date:
- between 1778 and 1779
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, pasted on thick, rough, blue wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/16 x 16 13/16in. (25.6 x 42.7cm), Sheet: 10 × 16 3/4 inches (25.4 × 42.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "Chamouny Glacier"; on back, upper center: "Chamouny"; on back, center right: "D 72"; on back, lower left: "H 15703"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.9731
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- glacier | landscape | mountains | river | sunset | trees
- Associated Places:
- Alps | Arve | Chamonix-Mont-Blanc | France | Haute-Savoie | Mer de Glace (glacier) | Mont Blanc | Rhône-Alpes
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10340
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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 114-4, no. I.4, pl. 91, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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