Scene in a Cave
Artist, British, 1754 - 1848
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Charles Ryskamp, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 14.7 x 21.9 cm (5 13/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
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Accession
1991.154.2
Artwork history & notes
Inscriptions
center verso in graphite: The Peath Noll (?) / first entrance from under the low arched / channel- To which you are conveyed in a flat / bottomed oval boat laying on your back on straw, / and pushed forward by the guide who wades about / 2 foot deep in water, and stooping guides the vessel. / into the cavern--The light above proceeds from candles / already placed there.
Wikidata ID
Q64571343