Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Title:
View in the Barranco de Martianez, Port Orotava, Tenerife, looking Southward
Date:
1820
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 inches (15.6 × 20.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In pen and brown ink, lower center: "View in the Barranco de Martianez | Port Orotava Tenerife | looking Southward"; lower right: "May 9, 1820"; inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, upper left: "6/ Edw. Chas. Mitchell"; in graphite, center:" En el barranco de Martianez"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.300
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
ravine | figures | bridge (built work) | cliffs | passage | landscape
Associated Places:
Europe | Tenerife | Spain
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7791