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The image depicts a rural landscape seen from an elevated perspective. The horizon line is in the middle, with distant hills and a layer of trees. It is created in a sketch-like style with soft brushstrokes or pencil marks, giving a sense of movement. The color palette is grayscale, with shades of gray and black, creating a calm atmosphere. In the foreground, a path winds through the scene, bordered by trees outlined with delicate shading.
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The image depicts a rural landscape seen from an elevated perspective. The horizon line is in the middle, with distant hills and a layer of trees. It is created in a sketch-like style with soft brushstrokes or pencil marks, giving a sense of movement. The color palette is grayscale, with shades of gray and black, creating a calm atmosphere. In the foreground, a path winds through the scene, bordered by trees outlined with delicate shading.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A View near Lowther

Peter De Wint

Medium
brush and black ink with black and white chalks over graphite on two joined sheets of gray wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 17.5 x 53 cm (6 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1995.52.40
Credit line
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • Landscape
  • United Kingdom
  • landscape
  • Lowther
Provenance

Lord Clwyd; (Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1972-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

NGA object ID 75958. 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.