# A Utrecht Pastorale

- By: James Craig Annan (Hamilton (Schotland), 1864–1946)
- Date: 1892
- Medium: paper
- Classification: photomechanical print
- Dimensions: height 217 mm x width 286 mm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-F-2001-6--a655954b081aba81845714ded17d2a17)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/ZkAet/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

At first sight this rustic scene looks more like a painting than a photograph. In his native Glasgow, Annan saw an exhibition of the Dutch Hague School painters and was captivated by their work. He toured through the Netherlands recording the land, water, coast and grey skies, and the uniform light.