Landscape with Boy Fishing
1818
Medium
Watercolor over graphite on ribbed white paper
Dimensions
4 1/16 x 10 13/16 in. (10.3 x 27.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.881
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Art Historical Context
In the tranquil *Landscape with Boy Fishing*1818), John C captures a peaceful moment in the English countryside, where a young boy stands by the water's edge, rod in hand, amid rolling hills and lush foliage. This intimate drawing, measuring just over 10 inches wide, invites viewers to pause and appreciate nature's quiet rhythms, evoking a sense of nostalgic simplicity. Crome, a figure in the Norwich School painters—one of Britain's earliest regional art movements—excelled in naturalistic landscapes inspired by the Dutch Golden Age masters like Jacob van Ruisdael. Working in the early 19th ce...