Gray wash, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1241
Gallery Label:
Eighteenth-century theorists argued that picturesque subjects relied on irritation of the retina for their effect, thereby producing a pleasing sensation in the viewer. With its sharp contrasts between light and dark and rough and smooth textures, Hearne’s wooded path offers precisely the kind of visual stimulation commentators praised as quintessentially picturesque. Gallery label for Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
