Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London)

A ruined barn; and A cottage beside a ruined castle

Details

Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London)
A ruined barn; and A cottage beside a ruined castle
brush and brown ink on brown paper
1¾ x 2¾ in. (4.4 x 7 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1938, lot 33.
with Agnew's, London, until 1941.
E. Jacobs.
with Agnew's, London, 1952, where purchased by
Miss S. Palmer, 1953.
with Agnew's, London, 2003, no. 4.

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Lot Essay

These small Italian landscapes are similar in size to a set of twelve prints of Small Landscapes with Italianate Buildings and Ruins etched by William Austin (1721-1820) after Cozens, which may have been used as models for Cozens pupils, however these two drawings were not engraved (for Austin's etchings see K. Sloan, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, New Haven and London, 1986, pp. 41, 44-45).

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