A Tree-lined Garden Path (Preliminary Sketch for "Sleeping Beauty and the Beast"?)

1900?

Robert Caney

Associated Names
Robert Caney

Artist, British, 1847 - 1911

The image depicts a landscape with various trees and plants from a lower ground level perspective. The horizon is subtly suggested by distant spires or structures visible through the foliage. The brushstrokes vary in thickness and detail, with bold strokes for tree trunks and finer strokes for foliage and distant elements. The color palette is predominantly sepia and black, creating a pen and ink sketch effect. Large trees frame a pathway that leads the viewer's gaze deeper into the scene, with more trees and structures visible in the distance. The background fades into lighter shades, suggesting light filtering through a dense canopy.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash and graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.7 x 21.6 cm (7 3/8 x 8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.80

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

probably Miss Dinah Caney (sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1973, part of lot 299); (bought by Christopher Powney); Finchden Manor, Tenterden, Kent; Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1977; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 168 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, across verso in graphite: (writing exercise consisting of various words, such as"journey," "opportunity," "Constantinople," and "elephant," written repeatedly); by later hand, lower right verso in graphite (upside down): 31 / [undeciphered signature]

Wikidata ID

Q64628865

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