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The image shows a landscape with trees on the left leading to ancient ruins in the center against a hillside backdrop. Hills and fields extend into the distance. The scene is depicted with detailed brushstrokes and etching lines, with a color palette leaning towards sepia tones.
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The image shows a landscape with trees on the left leading to ancient ruins in the center against a hillside backdrop. Hills and fields extend into the distance. The scene is depicted with detailed brushstrokes and etching lines, with a color palette leaning towards sepia tones.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bolton Abbey

Percival Gaskell

Date
1900-1930
Medium
drypoint in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 22.2 × 29.9 cm (8 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.) sheet: 28.7 × 40.6 cm (11 5/16 × 16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.143.136
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow, 1968)
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • Landscape
  • drypoint
  • Trees
  • River
  • Buildings
  • landscape
Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower right in graphite: Percival Gaskell

Marks

stamped lower right verso in black ink (twice): F.B.B. [circled]

NGA object ID 183790. 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.