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Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804, British, View of Windermere, between 1762 and 1783
- Title:
View of Windermere
- Date:
- between 1762 and 1783
- Medium:
- Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 1/4 × 9 3/8 inches (15.9 × 23.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso, upper center: "A view of Windermere-water, wh. is the largest of the | Cumberland lakes; and the most beautiful. It is 12 miles | in length. It is not very rocky; but the objects [with] | it are very grand."; inscribed in pen and black ink, verso, center right: "Wm Gilpin V of Boldre" I
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1998.32.10(19)
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boats | hills | lake | landscape | men | rowing | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23877
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