Thomas Jones, 1742–1803, British, active in Italy (1776–83)
Title:
Study of Rocks, near Pencerrig, Wales
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 8 inches (15.9 x 20.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: (fragment of Brittania); collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4665
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | trees | slope | rocks (landforms)
Associated Places:
Europe | United Kingdom | Wales
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Past Time - Geology in European and American Art (Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 2018-09-21 - 2018-12-09)Past Time - Geology in European and American Art (Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 2019-02-16 - 2019-05-12)Thomas Jones (1742-1803) (National Museum Wales, 2003-05-21 - 2003-08-10)Thomas Jones (1742-1803) (Whitworth Art Gallery, 2003-08-22 - 2003-10-26)Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09)English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Oil on water : oil sketches by British watercolorists, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, p. 39, fig. 36, ND467 C67 (YCBA)Greg Smith, Thomas Jones (1742-1803) : an artist rediscovered, , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2003, pp. 79, 250-51 [color detail], 269-70, no. 162, pl. no. 162, NJ18 J714 T56 2003 OVERSIZE (YCBA)