Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper right: "Cold grey | Lake [...] Indigo | 14"; inscribed in graphite, verso, center right: "Tower with Lake | & Black | B. Sienna Indigo & [...]"; inscribed in graphite, verso, center left: "[...] from Varley [...] | Roman [...] Gamboge & Indigo"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "Light red & lamp black [....] | front ground."
Descriptive Medium
Watercolor and scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, wove paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
USA
Country
USA
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
TWW Comment
Thomas Sully was an American artist based mainly in Philadelphia. He travelled to England on more than one occasion. This piece is from a sketchbook of 'Lessons in Landscape Painting' suggesting it may be an imaginary or derivative composition.
