Castle on Cliff, with a Stormy Sea, and Shipwreck at Base of Cliff
Date:
1814
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, and scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 8 3/8 inches (27.5 × 21.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso, center: "This old fashioned foreground [...] is now | emphatically called the [...] Bridge as those | who can only compose in that way, can only | get into the landscape over it -- besides the | nature of water colours have real depth for it. | not so | Let these be gradations and opposition and | there let your emphasis tell - not too strongly; but | expressively and determinately. | Varley -"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso, center left: "Imitation of Turner"; inscribed in graphite, verso, upper right: "17"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.2755
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Beautiful, The Sublime, and The Picturesque (Washington University Gallery of Art, 1984-02-19 - 1984-04-08)