Netley Abbey, Hampshire

mid-19th century

Miss Selby

Associated Names
Miss Selby

Artist, British, mid 19th century

The image shows the interior of an ancient Gothic structure, possibly a cathedral or abbey, with arches and pillars. The view is low within the structure, looking up towards the open space where the sky can be seen through broken windows and arches. Stone walls and arches obscure the horizon, but the sky is visible with light cloud cover. The brushstrokes are detailed, capturing patterns and textures of the stonework, with a color palette of browns, grays, and soft blues. Light and shadow emphasize details in the stonework and vegetation, with hints of greenery. Delicate touches of light colors suggest remnants of the structure's grandeur in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink and wash over traces of graphite

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.05 × 23.5 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.123.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Augusta Raymond-Barker, Fairford Park, Gloucestershire; by descent until 2016; (sale, Moore, Allen, & Innocent, Cirencester, 28 October 2016, part of lot 28, while still an intact album); (Karen Taylor Fine Art, London); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Inscriptions

by later hand, center verso in graphite: Miss Selby / Netley Abbey


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