Artist

Peter le Cave

Peter le Cave is a Romanticism artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

English watercolor artist active in the 18th–19th centuries, Peter le Cave made small, precise scenes of rural life. His Cottage with cart and figures from 1806 shows a cart laden with hay beside a low stone cottage, figures in simple dress going about daily tasks. The sheet of paper becomes a quiet window onto a vanished countryside routine. Tap Cottage with cart and figures to step inside the scene.

Works by Peter le Cave

Collections represented

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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