The image displays rustic cottages surrounded by a pastoral landscape. The horizon is positioned towards the upper third of the image, with a meeting of the sky and distant trees and fields. The cottages have thatched and tiled roofs, painted with deliberate brushstrokes that capture the texture of the materials. The color palette consists of earthy tones like browns, greens, and greys, with a pale blue sky in the background. Patches of green grass and footpaths lead towards the central cottages, beyond which fields and trees stretch towards the horizon.
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The image displays rustic cottages surrounded by a pastoral landscape. The horizon is positioned towards the upper third of the image, with a meeting of the sky and distant trees and fields. The cottages have thatched and tiled roofs, painted with deliberate brushstrokes that capture the texture of the materials. The color palette consists of earthy tones like browns, greens, and greys, with a pale blue sky in the background. Patches of green grass and footpaths lead towards the central cottages, beyond which fields and trees stretch towards the horizon.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Farm near the Sea at Margate, Kent

George Richmond

Date
1850
Medium
watercolor over graphite with gum arabic
Dimensions
sheet: 17.9 × 26.2 cm (7 1/16 × 10 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2020.78.1
Credit line
Gift of Connie Simmons and James D. Krugman
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • Tree
  • Farm
  • Nature
  • Building
Provenance

By descent through the Richmond family until 2018; (Karen Taylor Fine Art, London); purchased 2020 by NGA.

NGA object ID 221263. 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.