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Alexander Runciman, 1736–1785, British, A Temple Perched on a Rocky Outcrop Seen Across a Lake, ca. 1767
- Title:
A Temple Perched on a Rocky Outcrop Seen Across a Lake
- Additional Title(s):
Verso: Study of Rocaille Mouldings
- Date:
- ca. 1767
- Medium:
- Watercolor, gray wash, blue wash and pen and black ink; verso: red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (14 x 19.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite upper left: "2"; in graphite center: "Powell/Laur Beige/Gold/11x16"; in graphite lower left: "A. Runciman: | A Temple..."
Signed in pen and black ink lower center: "AR"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1979.1.3
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cliffs | hills | lake | landscape | temple | trees
- 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:19065
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The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, p. 53, no. 144, pl. 5, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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