ALEXANDER COZENS (1717 -1786)
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A Mountainous Landscapec.1785 brush drawing in brown wash on varnished paper, 16.8 X 20.7 cm
P.62
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In 1746, Alexander Cozens travelled to Rome to study drawing, painting and etching, one of the earliest British artists to do so. Luke Hermann highlights the many similarities with the work of Claude Lorrain, and asserts that Cozens must have been influenced by Lorrain’s approach to landscape painting. From 1778 to c.1784, Cozens was the drawing master to two of George III’s sons, William and Edward, and other pupils included William Beckford (1759-1844) and Sir George Beaumont (1753-1827). EJ PROVENANCE: Herbert Horne; Sir Edward Marsh; Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd, from whom purchased by Gallery, April 1952. EXHIBITIONS: The Drawings in the Collection of Herbert Horne, London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1916, no.26; Alexander Cozens, London, Tate Gallery, 1946, no.28, pl.5; English Watercolours from the Hickman Bacon and other collections, Bedford, Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, 1952, no.23; Watercolours and Drawings from The Cecil Higgins Art Gallery Bedford, London, Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd, 1962, no.6. copyright © Trustees of Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford. Extract taken from Watercolours and Drawings, Cecil Higgins Art Gallery by Evelyn Joll.
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