FDA-D.152-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.152-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Landscape with Buildings on a Hill
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Other number
Pi 55
A 21215
A 21215
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 159mm
width (actual size): 200mm
width (actual size): 200mm
Inscription
Signed 'Alex Cozens' (on the mount); inscribed on bottom of mount 'Cozens and Girtin who may be called the Van Eyck and Cimabue of painting in watercolours: Times 17 Apr. 1857'
Materials & techniques note
Pen & ink, with wash, on the artist's original mount
Production
Person
Cozens, Alexander, 1717 - 1786 (Artist)
Date
c. 1750
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: With Colnaghi, London; purchased by Alan Pilkington and bequeathed to Eton, 1973. At Eton from 1963
References
• Wilcox, T., A Genius for Watercolour; Watercolours from the Eton College Collection, Christie's exhibition catalogue, London, 2003 (p. 12, no. 4)
• Quarrie, P., Treasures of Eton College Library: 550 years of collecting, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1990 (p. 113, no. 225)
• Quarrie, P., Treasures of Eton College Library: 550 years of collecting, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1990 (p. 113, no. 225)
