Landscape with hills, a lake, and figures, by William Gilpin, ca. 1772
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Landscape with hills, a lake, and figures

William Gilpin (British, Scaleby, Cumbria 1724–1804 Boldre, Hampshire)

ca. 1772

Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, on buff paper
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 14 7/16 in. (27.5 × 36.6 cm) (irregular)
Culture
British
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, and Jeffrey L. Berenson Gift, 2012
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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