Mountain Landscape
Mountain Landscape
Artist
Artist
Creation date
1784-1785
Materials
mezzotint
Dimensions
9 x 12 1/8 in (image)
14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in (sheet)
Credit line
James V. Sweetser and Mary and Agnes Wetsell Funds
Accession number
1988.39
Collection
Not Currently On View
Cozens, a drawing master, devised a system for his pupils to compose a landscape from blots of ink on paper.
Calling it A New Method of Assisting the Invention in Drawing Original Compositions of Landscape, Cozens published his manual with instructive illustrations of blots and compositions.












