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Creator:
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Title:

Ullswater, Looking toward Patterdale

Date:
1792
Medium:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/8 x 20 1/8 inches (34 x 51.1 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 15 x 21 5/8 inches (38.1 x 54.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in black ink, lower right: "J. Smith 1792"; in graphite, upper center: "Ullswater looking to Caterdale No 48"

watermark: similar to Churchill no 415, and Shorter, Fig. 197 (Whatman)

Signed and dated in black ink, lower right: "J. Smith 1792"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.266
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
boat | lake | landscape | mountains | sky | trees | valley (landform)
Associated Places:
Cumbria | England | Europe | Lake District | Patterdale | Ullswater | United Kingdom
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8173
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