Cattle at a Watering Hole in a Valley
1846–86
Medium
Watercolor over graphite with gouache (bodycolor) and reductive techniques
Dimensions
sheet: 13 x 19 7/16 in. (33 x 49.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Robert Tuggle, 2006
Accession Number
2006.538.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
John Henry Mole's *Cattle at a Water Hole in a Valley*ca. 1846–86) captures a serene rural English landscape, where a herd of cows gathers at a tranquil watering hole nestled in a lush valley. As a prominent British watercolorist and member of the Royal Water Society, Mole specialized in pastoral scenes that evoke the quiet beauty of the countryside, blending realism with a touch of Romantic nostalgia during the Victorian era. Rendered in watercolor over graphite underdrawing, with gouache (opaque bodycolor) for added depth and reductive techniques like scratching to create sparkling highligh...