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The image shows a landscape with a river, a figure on horseback, cattle, distant hills, and mountains. The brushstrokes are soft, with delicate shading indicating trees and foliage. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of gray and sepia. The sky is lightly clouded, portraying a calm rural scene.
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The image shows a landscape with a river, a figure on horseback, cattle, distant hills, and mountains. The brushstrokes are soft, with delicate shading indicating trees and foliage. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of gray and sepia. The sky is lightly clouded, portraying a calm rural scene.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Mountainous Landscape

British 19th Century

Date
first half 19th century
Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 22.5 x 32 cm (8 7/8 x 12 5/8 in.) sheet: 23.5 x 33.8 cm (9 1/4 x 13 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1951.16.158
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • Landscape
  • topographical
  • landscape
Provenance

James Bulwer (1794-1879), Norwich, England; by descent through the Bulwer family to Henry Bulwer (born 1854), Vancouver, Canada; Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers, Los Angeles; Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1951.

NGA object ID 41474. 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.