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The image shows a rustic cottage with a chimney, set slightly off-center to the right. The sky is faint and undefined. The painting has delicate brushstrokes, likely created with a watercolor technique. The color palette includes earthy tones of brown, gray, and hints of green from foliage. A wooden fence frames the left side, with blurred trees and bushes in the background.
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The image shows a rustic cottage with a chimney, set slightly off-center to the right. The sky is faint and undefined. The painting has delicate brushstrokes, likely created with a watercolor technique. The color palette includes earthy tones of brown, gray, and hints of green from foliage. A wooden fence frames the left side, with blurred trees and bushes in the background.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A House, West Humble Lane, Norbury, Surrey

Cornelius Varley

Date
1806
Medium
watercolor and graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 25.2 × 38.5 cm (9 15/16 × 15 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2022.40.40
Credit line
Gift of Donald Stone
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record
Provenance

(P&D Colnaghi, London). (Thos Agnew & Sons Ltd., London, no. 47427). (Lowell Libson, London, 2014); Donald Stone, New York [1942 - 2020]; bequest to NGA, 2022.

Inscription

lower right in graphite: Westhumble Lane / Norbury Surrey C Varley

Watermarks

Whatman 1801

NGA object ID 198767. 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.