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The drawing depicts a landscape seen from an elevated point, showing water and land with a structure on a hill. There are figures, a post or tree by the water, and a simple color scheme with neutral and gray tones.
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The drawing depicts a landscape seen from an elevated point, showing water and land with a structure on a hill. There are figures, a post or tree by the water, and a simple color scheme with neutral and gray tones.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Coast Road with Cliffs in the North of France

Eugène Isabey

Date
c.1830
Medium
graphite on buff wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 15.56 × 24.77 cm (6 1/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2014.140.3
Credit line
Gift of Andrew Robison
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Beach
  • Boat
  • Mountain
  • Nature
  • Sea
Provenance

Andrew Robison, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2014.

Inscription

lower left in graphite: EI.; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: D555815; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: E. Isaby / SFF.

Marks

blindstamp: C. WISE

NGA object ID 169147. 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.