This image features a distant view of a broad, flat landscape with a low horizon. Trees create a silhouette at the horizon, and a figure near the center provides scale. The drawing uses a pencil or graphite technique with soft strokes creating textures. The color palette is subdued with a pale blue paper tone.
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Paddington Fields, London

John Linnell (British, 1792 - 1882)

1811

Medium
black and white chalk on blue paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 27.4 × 43.8 cm (10 13/16 × 17 1/4 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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