Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, S.W. View
1820
graphite
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1820
graphite
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This drawing shows a big, detailed church with tall towers and lots of pointed windows. The lines are all crisp, and the building looks fancy with lots of small carvings. Trees and a fence are drawn in the background, but the church is the main focus. The artist used only pencil on paper to make every stone and window clear. This style was common in the 1800s when people liked to draw real places with lots of detail. Look up Romanticism next to see how this style fits into art history.
