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View on the Coast at Deal

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Date

c.1846

Artist

Charles Bentley (1805-1854)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/339156

Description

Bentley trained as an aquatint engraver of illustrated views and traveled through Britain seeking Picturesque subjects for his own accomplished watercolors. This luminous view represents Deal—a port on England's southeast coast of England where Julius Caesar landed when he invaded Britain. Beyond loosely sketched fishing nets, the contours of a rustic cottage lead the eye toward vessels beneath a soaring sky. Bentley exhibited a view of Deal at the Old Watercolour Society in 1846, which suggests a similar date for the present work. Medium: watercolor with touches of gouache over graphite.

Image Licence

CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

Deal, Kent, England

Country

Tags

Bays
Beaches
Boats
Coasts
Cottages
Landscapes

Category

Travel & Transport

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