Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in red chalk, verso, lower left: "174"; in graphite, verso, lower left: " Part of the Valley of Vision. S Palmer. To be added to AHPs collection"
Descriptive Medium
Gouache, brush and brown and black ink, brown and black wash, over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper (wrapper for Creswick crayon paper)
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Darent Valley, Kent, England
Country
England
Medium
Wash Drawing
Tags
Category
People & Society
TWW Comment
Palmer, who lived in Shoreham, referred to the Darent Valley in the North Downs as the Valley of Vision and 'an earthly paradise'.