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The image shows a stone building with ornate architectural details, climbing greenery on the walls, a group of people in period attire on a lawn with pink flowers, and a woman in a doorway. The sky has soft clouds. The color palette includes warm beiges and browns of the building, soft greens of the foliage, and occasional brighter hues of clothing and flowers.
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The image shows a stone building with ornate architectural details, climbing greenery on the walls, a group of people in period attire on a lawn with pink flowers, and a woman in a doorway. The sky has soft clouds. The color palette includes warm beiges and browns of the building, soft greens of the foliage, and occasional brighter hues of clothing and flowers.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bingham-Melcomb, Dorsetshire

Joseph Nash

Date
1849
Medium
hand-colored lithograph on wove paper mounted to board
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.19.2421
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Mrs. Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, 1879)
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Series
The Mansions of England in the Olden Time: Fourth Series
Provenance

Mrs. Benjamin Ogle [1799 - 1881], Washington, D.C.; bequest to Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; acquired by National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2015.

NGA object ID 181080. 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.