ca. 1775
Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Signed, in graphite, lower right: "G. Barrett". A study based on the scenery of the Lake District, for the room painted by Barret for William Lock of Norbury. Inscribed in graphite, on mount, lower left: "D1931/George Barret RA 1732 (or 1728)-1784 | LGD | C1775 a Study; based on the scenery of the Lake District, for the room painted by Barret for William Lock of Norbury | of the paper by Christopher Hussey in Country Life of Feb 17, 1934, on the Sandby Room at Drakelow & the Barret Room at Norbury. LGD"; inscribed in graphite, on mount, lower centre: "G Barret".
Descriptive Medium
Watercolour, with pen in gray ink, over graphite
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Cumbria, England
Country
England
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
