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The image is a landscape painting with a distant viewpoint. The horizon is positioned about one-third down from the top of the image and features gently rolling hills with a slightly pointed peak. The painting exhibits a loose style, with soft and fluid brushstrokes that create a sense of movement and blending among the colors. The color palette is composed of soft, muted greens, browns, and blues. Closest to us, a cluster of trees with green and brown leaves stands out, adding texture and depth to the scene, while beyond them, fields and hills stretch towards the horizon. The sky is a light, airy blue with subtle hints of white.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Heath in Sussex
William Collins
- Date
- 1810/1815
- Medium
- watercolor over graphite with scratching out on wove paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 14.5 x 13.6 cm (5 11/16 x 5 3/8 in.) mat: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 2000.71.1
- Credit line
- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Time span
- 1801 to 1825
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- British
- United Kingdom
- landscape
- scratched
Provenance
According to an old label formerly on the back of the frame, "Given by Nicholson to D. R. C."; Cornish Torbock until 1994. (Spink-Leger, London); NGA purchase in 2000.
NGA object ID 112686. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.