David Cox, 1783–1859, British, Llanfair Church, North Wales for A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours, ca. 1813
- Title:
- Llanfair Church, North Wales for A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours
- Additional Title(s):
- Verso: image in reverse in soft ground
- Part Of:
Collective Title: A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours
- Date:
- ca. 1813
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite and red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 5/8 x 15 3/4 inches (14.3 x 40 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, upper right: "LLANFAIR CHURCH N WALES"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.2423
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | bushes | church | landscape | treatise
- Associated Places:
- Anglesey | Cymru | Llanfair | United Kingdom | Wales
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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For the illustrations to the initial stage of the progressive lessons in the Treatise (cat. 15), from which the beginner was to learn to draw in pencil, the medium employed was soft-ground etching, which mimicked the look of pencil drawing. Cox’s soft-ground etchings for the Treatise begin with a series of small details—agricultural implements, architectural elements, and fishing boats. These are followed by an array of picturesque buildings—thatched cottages, cross-timbered manors, rustic churches, water mills, windmills, and castle ruins—a series of tree types, and a few more general landscapes. Apart from a few simplified outlines of cottages and castles, the etchings are richly detailed. Llanfair Church, North Wales is the graphite drawing for the soft-ground etching reproduced as plate 19. Gallery label for Sun, Wind, and Rain - The Art of David Cox (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-10-16 - 2009-01-04)
Sun, Wind, and Rain - The Art of David Cox (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 2009-01-31 - 2009-05-03) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Sun, Wind, and Rain - The Art of David Cox (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-10-16 - 2009-01-04) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Scott Wilcox, Sun, wind, and rain : the art of David Cox, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008, pp. 107, 153-4, no. 16, NJ18 .C829 W542 + Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]
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