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Robert Hills

A View over Chiddingstone, toward Westerham, Kent

Description

Maker

Robert Hills (English, 1769-1844)

Title

A View over Chiddingstone, toward Westerham, Kent

Year

ca. 1817-1818

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

watercolor

Dimensions

17.8 x 25.4 cm (7 x 10 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: Watermark:J Whatman 1815

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

71.153.39

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Luminous Landscapes
British Watercolors from the Museum's Collection
May 27, 2005 – Aug 14, 2005

Label copy

The inscription at the lower right informs us that this piece was made “July 26 8 PMtempestuous rainy evening.” Its simplified, banded composition - a spare, open foreground, a line of trees convincingly indicated with dabs of color in the middle ground, and stripes of dark clouds and sunlight in the distance - give the work a contemporary feel. It is one of two sheets in the Museum collection from a series of Kent scenes, likely from a sketchbook.

Selection II
British Watercolors and Drawings from the Museum's Collection
Apr 13, 1972 – May 14, 1972

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Robert Hills (English, 1769-1844)
A View over Chiddingstone, toward Westerham, Kent, ca. 1817-1818
Watercolor applied with brush, and graphite
17.8 x 25.4 cm (7 x 10 inches)
Anonymous gift 71.153.39

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