Woodland Edge with a Rustic Fence - Original Pencil Drawing - 1848

Wooded slope with tall trees of dense foliage and slender trunks running down to a meadow; at the centre, a rustic log fence among the bushes and, in the foreground, the meadow grass. Original graphite pencil drawing of high quality, with very finely worked foliage in the tradition of English Romantic landscape, mounted on blue-grey card.

Medium: Original graphite pencil drawing on paper, mounted on card.
Date: 1848.
Inscription: dated "1848" in pencil at lower right.
Dimensions: Drawing 6.3 x 9.6 in (16 x 24.5 cm).
Condition: Good. Clean paper with light toning at the edges. On the back of the card, remains of two old paper hinges and the stock number in pencil.