Sepulchral Remains in the Campagna near Rome

nationality
British
birth-death
1752-1797
Creation date
Collection
Prints
Materials
watercolor over pencil on white paper
Dimensions
10 1/4 x 14 7/8 in (sheet)
Not Currently On View
Credit line
Bequest of Kurt F. Pantzer
Accession number
1990.131
Gallery Label

Cozens was in the entourage that the fabulously wealthy William Beckford took to Italy in 1782.

Cozens' poetic view of the Roman Campagna suited his patron's impression: "My steps . . . were guided to desert Hills that lift themselves up above vast wastes with here and there a shepherd's hut or neglected Sepulcher.  In such scenes have I mused away whole hours by the evening light, and the moss has often drank my tears."

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