- Title:
Tours: Sunset: Looking Backwards
- Date:
- between 1826 and 1830
- Medium:
- Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches (12.4 x 18.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "Tours"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.2705
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boats | bridge (built work) | cityscape | horses (animals) | marine art | stairs | sunset
- Associated Places:
- Europe | France | Tours
- 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:5509
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Christopher White, English landscape, 1630-1850, drawings, prints & books from the Paul Mellon Collection , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 82-83, no. 149, pl. CXXXII, NC228 W45 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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