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The image shows a landscape view from an elevated vantage point. The horizon features hills and a distant structure. In the foreground, there are cows grazing in sections of a field. The composition transitions into open fields and hills leading to the horizon. The artwork is rendered in monochrome, with varying intensities of black and gray, creating a serene scene.
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The image shows a landscape view from an elevated vantage point. The horizon features hills and a distant structure. In the foreground, there are cows grazing in sections of a field. The composition transitions into open fields and hills leading to the horizon. The artwork is rendered in monochrome, with varying intensities of black and gray, creating a serene scene.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Across Bolham Water

Robert Polhill Bevan

Medium
charcoal on heavy laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 33.5 x 43.2 cm (13 3/16 x 17 in.) image: 25 x 32.9 cm (9 13/16 x 12 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2009.70.40
Credit line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • Nature
  • animal
  • Building
Provenance

Estate of the artist; Anthony d'Offay, London; (Davis Galleries, New York); (Davis & Long Co., New York, sold 1975); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Inscription

by unknown hand, lower left in pencil: 37

Marks

artist's mark, lower right in stamp and black ink: RBP (in monogram).

Watermarks

FJHead & Co

NGA object ID 143891. 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.