Rocks with distant village

Price employed soft, muted colors and loose lines to achieve depth, focusing on the shapes of land and sky rather than detailing the village, which is rendered simply with a discernible church spire.

The work is signed and dated by the artist on the sheet, and includes inscribed notes, though its historical ownership trail before public collection is not detailed here.

This type of landscape drawing reflects 18th-century artistic interests in capturing the sublime and the everyday, often in the same vista.

Now part of a public collection, 'Rocks with distant village' contributes to the broader understanding of 18th-century drawing techniques and landscape themes, accessible for study at institutions like the Victoria and Albert Museum.