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- Title:
One Tree Hill, Greenwich, with London in the Distance
- Former Title(s):
The Thames from One Tree Hill, Greenwich
A View from One Hill Tree, in Greenwich Park [1779, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
Family group on One Tree Hill with a View of the Thames and Greenwich
- Date:
- 1779
- Medium:
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions:
- 27 1/2 x 48 inches (69.9 x 121.9 cm), Frame: 35 1/8 × 55 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches (89.2 × 141 × 6.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in yellow-green paint, lower right: "John Feary pinx April 5 1779"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.286
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.286FR
- Subject Terms:
- conversation piece | deer | family | hats | hill | landscape | men | people | tree | view | women
- Associated Places:
- England | Greater London | Greenwich | London | Thames | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:781
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