Horses and pigs in a landscape, Windsor

Thomas Girtin British

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This unfinished study demonstrates how Girtin developed compositions, layering brown and blue watercolor washes to indicate patches of foliage, then adding dappled brushwork to suggest leaves. Lines of graphite left untouched describe pigs in the left foreground, as well as horses, baskets, and figures at center and right. The drawing was likely made around the same time as a finished watercolor by the artist that hangs nearby, representing deer resting in Windsor Forest.

Horses and pigs in a landscape, Windsor, Thomas Girtin (British, London 1775–1802 London), Watercolor and graphite

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