Study of Stone and Brickwork in an Interior

Solomon Alexander Hart, RA (1806-1881)

August 1831

Pencil and watercolour on wove paper

333 mm x 232 mm

Collection of the Royal Academy of Arts

Object number 03/7482

Bequeathed by Richard Phené Spiers, 1916

Another of Hart's architectural studies, this brings out the textures of the different building materials, stone, brick and wood, making a corner by an archway look attractive and invitingly tactile. Light and shade play a part too.

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