- Title:
Crossing Lancaster Sands
- Additional Title(s):
On Lancaster Sands, Sunset (Crossing Lancaster Sands)
- Date:
- mid-1830s
- Medium:
- Watercolor, gouache and graphite and scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 14 5/16 × 20 1/16 inches (36.4 × 51 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 11 7/16 × 17 1/8 inches (29.1 × 43.5 cm), Sheet: 11 3/16 × 16 7/8 inches (28.4 × 42.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, center right: "M board | 1/4" FM | outside 19" x 25""
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.2422
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bay (body of water) | beach | carriage | cart | crossing | horses (animals) | landscape | light | men | mountains | people | sand | sunset | tides | travel | travelers
- Associated Places:
- Lancaster | Morecambe Bay | Ulverston | United Kingdom
- 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:8664
- Export:
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