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The image shows a landscape with a high horizon line. Sparse foliage and scattered trees are depicted with loose charcoal strokes. Sweeping horizontal lines indicate the vast expanse of the terrain. The color palette is monochromatic, ranging from deep black to light gray.
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The image shows a landscape with a high horizon line. Sparse foliage and scattered trees are depicted with loose charcoal strokes. Sweeping horizontal lines indicate the vast expanse of the terrain. The color palette is monochromatic, ranging from deep black to light gray.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A View across the Park, Chatsworth, Derbyshire

John Burgess

Medium
graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 9.5 x 30.3 cm (3 3/4 x 11 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1995.52.12
Credit line
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • Landscape
  • United Kingdom
  • landscape
  • Derbyshire
  • Chatsworth
Provenance

The artist's estate sale, 1876. (Sabin Galleries, Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1976; gift to NGA, 1995.

Inscription

lower right in graphite: Chatsworth; by later hand on verso in graphite: CH/43/2 / 24 / L/W

NGA object ID 75877. 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.