Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "From Close house"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "T[...]"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "R[...] Church"
Descriptive Medium
Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, blued white, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Close House, Heddon-on-the-Wall, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Country
England
Medium
Line Drawing
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
TWW Comment
Close House is an 18th-century manor in Newcastle upon Tyne. If this view is from the grounds, the church spire of Holy Cross Ryton would be visible: this possibly matches the inscription bottom right.
