Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, Clare Hall and King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, from the Banks of the River Cam, 1793
- Title:
Clare Hall and King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, from the Banks of the River Cam
- Additional Title(s):
Clare Hall and the West end of King's College Chapel, Cambridge, from the banks of the River Cam
Clare Hall and the West End of King's College Chapel, Cambridge, from the Banks of the River Cam
- Date:
- 1793
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (20 x 27.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "81"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.1292
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | banks | bridge (built work) | chapels | colleges | rivers | steeples | trees
- Associated Places:
- Cam | Cambridge | Clare College | England | Europe | United Kingdom | University of Cambridge
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46395
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After studying English literature and history at Yale, Paul Mellon pursued a further degree at Clare College, Cambridge. There he rode to hounds, went racing at Newmarket, and lived the life of what he enjoyed calling a "galloping Anglophile." Gallery label for The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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