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Wooded Landscape with a Distant Sunset

Accession Number
2009/1.518

Title
Wooded Landscape with a Distant Sunset

Artist(s)
John Varley I

Object Creation Date
1800-1842

Medium & Support
watercolor on paper

Dimensions
10 7/8 in. x 13 1/4 in. ( 27.62 cm x 33.66 cm )

Credit Line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Subject matter
A founding member of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours, Varley promoted landscapes composed of ‘clear skies, distances and water’ which he claimed ‘are the beauties most sought after in the art of watercolours.’ 

Physical Description
This watercolor painting dominated by shades of browns depicts a wide path leading down to a waterfront. The path is flanked by small hills and shaded with large trees, and a person seems to walk along the left side of the path. In the distance across a body of water are faint outlines of buildings, possibly a city on the shore, and a sunset indicated by the orange tint in the clear sky. 

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
Picturesque, the
landscapes (representations)
nature trails
sunset
watercolors (paintings)
waterfronts
woodlands (plant communities)

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