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View of Chepstow, Wales

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Date

1834

Artist

John Scarlett Davis (1804-1845)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/383131

Description

This elevated vista shows the River Wye from the Forest of Dean, with the Welsh town of Chepstow in the distance. Davis uses the curves of the river to carry the eye toward its estuary. Broad washes of green and brown suggest foreground foliage, while the middle ground is rendered in paler tones, and tiny sailboats near the horizon help to convey a sense of expansive space. Davis was a child prodigy who won a medal from the Society of Arts in London at age eleven, then studied at the Royal Academy Schools, and pursued a career painting portraits, landscapes and watercolor views. He specialized in representing art gallery interiors and his watercolors share the sensibility of his contemporary Richard Parkes Bonington, contrasting freely rendered passages of wash with precise details. Medium: watercolor over graphite with stopping out and gum arabic.

Image Licence

CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales

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Cliffs
Rivers
Townscapes

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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