Ruined Archway and Well in a Leafy Garden - Original Pencil Drawing - 19th C.

An old stone archway overgrown with vegetation opens onto a path among the trees; to the right, beside some bushes, a well with a stone kerb and timber frame, and in the foreground a dirt track with grasses. Original graphite pencil drawing on cream-toned paper, with carefully worked foliage, in the tradition of the English picturesque landscape.

Medium: Original graphite pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Mid-19th century.
Dimensions: Sheet 6.3 x 9.7 in (16 x 24.7 cm).
Condition: Fair. Toning, some spotting and a damp stain in the lower margin. On the verso, remains of a green paper strip along the top edge and of blue paper at the corners from old mounting, and the stock number in pencil.