Cozens enters new territory and breaks the £2m barrier
Among a series of records for British watercolours posted during Sotheby's sale entitled An Exceptional Eye: A Private British Collection on July 14, the most spectacular price was the £2.1m bid for this striking view of the Lake of Albano and Castel Gandolfo by John Robert Cozens (1752-1797).
The 17in x 2ft 1in (43 x 62cm) watercolour over pencil was described by the auctioneers as "exceptio…