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The image displays an expansive landscape with rolling hills, valleys, and distant mountains. The horizon is high in the image, implying vast distances. The brushstrokes are delicate and nuanced, with a monochromatic palette of gray and off-white. Close to us, there is textured foliage and rocky terrain, while detail lessens towards the distant mountains merging into a blurred sky.
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The image displays an expansive landscape with rolling hills, valleys, and distant mountains. The horizon is high in the image, implying vast distances. The brushstrokes are delicate and nuanced, with a monochromatic palette of gray and off-white. Close to us, there is textured foliage and rocky terrain, while detail lessens towards the distant mountains merging into a blurred sky.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Mountain Valley with a Waterfall

John Glover

Date
c. 1795
Medium
gray wash on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 7.6 x 15.1 cm (3 x 5 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1995.52.57
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
Provenance

Lord Sherfield; (Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London); private French collection; (Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1978-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Watermarks

J Whatman (partial watermark)

NGA object ID 75973. 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.