Artwork
A Study from Nature.
A Study from Nature. is a drawing by Ward. It is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
A Study from Nature is a drawing by Ward, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Subject & Meaning
The drawing depicts a weathered wooden barn with a leaning door and broken beam, containing faint shapes that may represent animals or people, and is overshadowed by a large tree with dense foliage.
Technique & Style
The artist employed rapid, rough lines to convey texture, capturing the wood grain, smoke, and ground dirt, resulting in a scene that appears unfinished and spontaneous.
Artist & collection
Artist
A late-eighteenth- to early-nineteenth-century watercolourist and draftsman, Ward captured the everyday built world.
Two Barns
Near Esther, Surrey
A Low Cottage with a Herdsman Leading His Flock
The Small Hamlet
View of a water-mill near Ridware
Cottage at Scalby, nr. Scarborough
A Farmyard
Twelve Landscapes: Plate I, The Small Hamlet
Straw-Thatched Hut with Landscape and Figures
Landscape with a Cottage and Figures
The Cottages
Study from Nature, South K