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The image shows a historic building from a slightly elevated perspective. The architecture is detailed, with stone walls, chimneys, and various roofs. People are active in the yard in front of the building. The scene is depicted with precise brushstrokes capturing textures and a color palette of earthy tones with greens, reds, and blues.
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The image shows a historic building from a slightly elevated perspective. The architecture is detailed, with stone walls, chimneys, and various roofs. People are active in the yard in front of the building. The scene is depicted with precise brushstrokes capturing textures and a color palette of earthy tones with greens, reds, and blues.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Borwick Hall, Lancashire

Joseph Nash

Date
1849
Medium
hand-colored lithograph on wove paper mounted to board
Dimensions
sheet: 30.2 × 42.3 cm (11 7/8 × 16 5/8 in.) mount: 45.9 × 56 cm (18 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.19.2430
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.

Inscription

by later hand, lower right of mount in graphite: Borwick Hall, Lancashire

NGA object ID 181553. 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.