Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Cooper, Anne, 1763?-1804
Title:
Journal of a tour down the Wye, MDCCLXXXVI.
Published / Created:
Great Britain, 1786 May 29-June 1.
Physical Description:
1 v. (48 p.) : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Anne Cooper (baptized 18 August 1763, died 20 September 1804) was the daughter and only child of William Purnell of Dursley (1737-1805). She married Robert Bransby Cooper on 6 May 1784. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Gloucestershire, and M.P. for Gloucester, from 1818 to 1830. In 1807 the Cooper family embarked on another Wye Tour, with the poet Robert Bloomfield, whose "The Banks of Wye", 1811, is in part dedicated to "Robert Bransby Cooper ... and all the members of his Family".
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
Subject Terms:
Cooper, Anne, 1763?-1804 -- Diaries. | Cooper, Robert Bransby, 1762–1845. | Cooper, Lovich. | Purnell, William. | Chepstow Castle (Chepstow, Wales) | Tintern Abbey. | Castles -- Great Britain. | Castles & palaces -- Great Britain. | Rivers. | Ruins -- Great Britain. | Wye, River (Wales and England) -- Description and travel. | Wye, River (Wales and England) -- Navigation. | Wye, River (Wales and England) in art. | Monmouthshire (Wales) -- Antiquities. | Monmouthshire (Wales) -- Description and travel.
Form/Genre:
Diaries. | Travel literature | Landscape drawings. | Travel sketches. | Watercolors.