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- Title:
On the Banks of the Lago di Como
- Date:
- ca. 1796
- Medium:
- Watercolor, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (35.9 x 24.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper right: "7"; in graphite, verso, lower center: "on the banks of | the Lago di Como"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.1220
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arches | banks | bridge (built work) | geology | Grand Tour | lake | landscape | science | trees | waterfalls
- Associated Places:
- Como, Lago di | Europe | Italy | Lombardia
- 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:5981
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