A View across the Park, Chatsworth, Derbyshire

John Burgess

Associated Names
John Burgess

Artist, British, 1814 - 1874

The image shows a landscape with a high horizon line. Sparse foliage and scattered trees are depicted with loose charcoal strokes. Sweeping horizontal lines indicate the vast expanse of the terrain. The color palette is monochromatic, ranging from deep black to light gray.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 9.5 x 30.3 cm (3 3/4 x 11 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.52.12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist's estate sale, 1876. (Sabin Galleries, Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1976; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • "Early English Watercolours and Drawings," Sabin Galleries, Ltd., London, 1974, no. 13.

Bibliography

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, cat 78.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Chatsworth; by later hand on verso in graphite: CH/43/2 / 24 / L/W

Wikidata ID

Q64582128

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