James Holland, 1799–1870, British, Barges on a Canal in Rotterdam, 1845
- Title:
- Barges on a Canal in Rotterdam
- Date:
- 1845
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 5/8 × 17 1/8 inches (24.4 × 43.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, center right: "2 o'clock all the baskets, and b. much | Brighter, water very brilliant, a sail | Lighter (white) in Distant Boat just | hoisted, gives dazzling effect | to reflects"; in graphite, lower right: "Rotterdam, | Bothesatton - a mud barge came right in | front of me"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1276
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- barges | canal | dock | water
- Associated Places:
- Netherlands | Rotterdam
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10092
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Steve Bond, James Holland: the forgotten artist, Churnet Valley Books, Leek, Staffordshire, p. 81, NJ18.H719 B66 1999 (LC) (YCBA) [YCBA]
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