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The image displays a landscape with mountains, trees, and clouds. The mountains reach into a partly cloudy sky near the upper part of the image. The artwork features soft brushstrokes and a color palette of brown shades. Foliage and trees are depicted in the front, with rocky terrain leading to the mountains. There are clouds in the sky, and two goats are visible on a rocky outcrop on the right side of the image.
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The image displays a landscape with mountains, trees, and clouds. The mountains reach into a partly cloudy sky near the upper part of the image. The artwork features soft brushstrokes and a color palette of brown shades. Foliage and trees are depicted in the front, with rocky terrain leading to the mountains. There are clouds in the sky, and two goats are visible on a rocky outcrop on the right side of the image.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A second drawing done from the same blot

Alexander Cozens and William Pether

Date
1785
Medium
lift-ground aquatint and mezzotint in brown on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 22.8 × 30.7 cm (9 × 12 1/16 in.) plate: 24 × 31.7 cm (9 7/16 × 12 1/2 in.) sheet: 24.5 × 32 cm (9 5/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1987.65.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
A New Method of Assisting the Invention in Drawing Original Compositions of Landscape (plate 42)

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • Landscape
  • topographical
  • landscape
  • aquatint
  • mezzotint
Inscription

lower left in plate: Alexr. Cozens Invt.; lower right in plate: Wm. Pether Fecit; lower center in plate: Published as the Act directs by A.Cozens July 20th.1785.; upper right in plate: 42; vertical along left edge verso in graphite: Randall Davies (Lugt 2903a); upper right verso in graphite: 509

NGA object ID 70207. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.