attributed to James Barry, 1741–1806, Irishformerly attributed to Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Title:
The Cave of the Cumean Sybil on the Shore of the Lake Avernus
Date:
between 1740 and 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 x 16 5/8 inches (14.9 x 42.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and brown ink upper right: "Falern"; upper right: "Falern"; lower left: "o ye Cave of ye Cumean Sybil"; in pen and brown ink lower left: "o ye Cave of ye Cumean Sybil"; in graphite lower right: "ye lake Avernus - "; in pen and brown ink lower right: "ye lake Avernus"; inscribed on verso in graphite lower right: "[ . . . ]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4693
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | lakes | caves | shores | hills | Grand Tour
Associated Places:
Campania | Avernus, Lake
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Duncan Bull, Classic ground : British artists and the landscape of Italy, 1740-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 25-26, no. 6, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA)William L. Pressly, James Barry's murals at the Royal Society of Arts : envisioning a new public art, Cork University Press, Cork, Ireland, 2014, pp. 243-245, fig. 41, NJ18 .B2425 P725 2014 OVERSIZE (YCBA)