Cozens, Alexander (1717 – 1786) – A Lake at the Foot of a Crag.

This is one of Cozens' blots as described in his 'New Method'. Loosely applied and partly accidental washes were laid down before being fashioned into landscape compositions. Cozens used these drawings to demonstrate different 'types' of landscape compositions. This one relates most closely to Plate 12 in his 'New Method', 'A flat bounded on all sides by groups of objects.' This is exactly the sort of study in landscape that Cozens was admired for and that would have informed the large scale piece opposite (Cf. No.16).