Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London)

A coastal landscape with a tower, a sail on the horizon

Details

Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London)
A coastal landscape with a tower, a sail on the horizon
signed 'Alex^r. Cozens' (lower right, and lower left on the mount)
pencil and brown ink and wash on tinted paper
3 7/8 x 6 ¼ in. (9.9 x 15.9 cm.)

Provenance

John Clermont Witt (L.646a) (†); Sotheby's, London, 19 February 1987, lot 65.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 January 1991, lot 92.
with Spink-Leger, London.

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Lot Essay

Towards the later stages of his career, Cozens adopted the practice of signing his name on the mount as with the present watercolour. There are comparable examples in the British Museum, London (see nos. 1928,0417.3 and 1941,1213.716, both dated circa 1746-1786).

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