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John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818, British, On the Sands at Brighton: Figures Walking on the Shore, undated
- Title:
On the Sands at Brighton: Figures Walking on the Shore
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 3/4 × 9 inches (14.6 × 22.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in pen black ink, center right: "59"; Inscribed on verso in graphite and pen and black ink, upper center: "Mrs. Barnard | Mrs. Long | Miss Osborn | Miss Bollond | B. Barnard | C. Clarke | Bushman | Gibson | Danvers | J Nixon | Long"; in graphite and pen and brown ink, upper right: "going to Embark | at Kingston | for a Water Party | to Oatlands"; lower left: "Device of a hand pointing left on the Sands Brighton | overleaf"; in graphite, lower center: "68"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4201
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bathing machines | beach | genre subject | landscape | ocean | people | sand | sea
- Associated Places:
- Brighton | East Sussex | England | Europe | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11398
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