A British Sentiment Guided Tour

H.H. Lines, Rural scene with Wash on the Line, n.d., watercolor on paper

This exhibition considers the nature of landscape drawings and watercolors by British artists from the middle of the eighteenth through the middle of the twentieth centuries, with particular emphasis on the picturesque. It features more than sixty works in graphite, charcoal, ink, and watercolor on paper by a wide range of artists associated with the British watercolor societies. The exhibition considers the themes of national identity, the Grand Tour and domestic tourism, and the picturesque. The exhibition is curated by senior art history majors Olivia Falcey, Caroline Fallon, Christopher Guy, Xiaoqi Huang, Taylor Hunkins, Joelle Paull, Claire Paulsen, Lexi Tobash, Sophie Weinstein, and Jackson Zyontz.

                                                    Picturesque Capriccio                                                        

A Castle by a River 

Llangollen Bridge

A View of Middleton Dale, Derbyshire

Hartwell

 Capriccio Landscape with Castle

Osmaston Hall

Figures Conversing near a Mill

Church (St. Cuthbert, Wells, Somerset?) with Figures in Foreground

Figures on a Road, possibly Lake District