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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.85
People
attributed to John Sell Cotman, British (Norwich, England 1782 - 1842 London, England)
Title
Mountain Lake
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294768

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on cream wove paper
Dimensions
17.9 x 23.7 cm (7 1/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: verso, graphite, top: Cotman Palser
  • inscription: verso of old mount (now removed), graphite, top: Cotman Palser / wb (?) gold oak; center: Painted on the spot from nature / 3

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Palser Gallery, London. label on back of frame
Richard Wheatland, acquired from Palser Gallery.
Anna Wheatland Ordway, owner (Richard Wheatland's daughter), gift to HUAM, 1992.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Anna Wheatland Ordway in memory of Richard Wheatland, Class of 1895
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.85
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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