drawing;
print
- Museum number
- 1953,0411.22
- Description
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Bristol Gorge; seen from a river bank with a tree to right, a ship on the water at left and other smaller craft, two figures in the foreground at right, a church visible on a distant hill. 1789
Watercolour, over etched outline by Pocock and aquatint ground, heavily varnished
- Production date
- 1789
- Dimensions
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Height: 257 millimetres
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Width: 381 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Another version of the same view, like this one combining aquatint, watercolour and an etched outline, but dated 1787, is in the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery (reproduced in D. Cordingly, 'Nicholas Pocock 1740-1821', 1986, plate 23.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1953
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1953,0411.22