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The painting shows a landscape with a large tree in the center. The tree has flowing branches and leaves. In the background, there is a horizon with a wooded area and a body of water. Beside the tree is a stone structure, with figures and animals on a path. The color palette includes natural tones like gray, brown, and green, with touches of blue and cream in the sky.
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The painting shows a landscape with a large tree in the center. The tree has flowing branches and leaves. In the background, there is a horizon with a wooded area and a body of water. Beside the tree is a stone structure, with figures and animals on a path. The color palette includes natural tones like gray, brown, and green, with touches of blue and cream in the sky.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Castle on the Dart

Paul Sandby

Date
late 18th century
Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 29 × 41.1 cm (11 7/16 × 16 3/16 in.) mount: 37.8 × 50 cm (14 7/8 × 19 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2022.40.59
Credit line
Gift of Donald Stone
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • Castle
  • Tree
  • Water
  • Figures
Provenance

(John Morton Morris, London); purchased August 1986 by Donald Stone, New York [1942 - 2020]; bequest to NGA, 2022.

NGA object ID 141383. 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.