Alexander Cozens, British 1717-1786- The Small lake; pen and black ink and grey wash on paper, signed with the artist's initial ‘C’ (lower left), 11.3 x 15 cm. Provenance: Collection of L. H. Gilbert.; With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, no.36764.; Private Collection, UK, since 1974.; By descent. Exhibited: London, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1974, no.62. Note: Cozens was particularly celebrated for his landscapes executed in watercolour or wash, generally composed with a muted colour palette. Indeed, the grey wash of the present work is particularly effective for imbuing the scene with a heavy atmospheric quality. The influence of the French landscape artist Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), in whose studio Cozens worked whilst living in Rome, can clearly be sensed in the artist’s work. Please refer to department for condition report