1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Figures admiring a painting on the terrace at Richmond is a 1850 watercolor by George Fennel Robson, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a group of people in fancy clothes standing on a terrace. A rainbow arches over a lake in the background, while the people chat and gesture—some standing, some sitting. The colors are soft pastels with touches of gold in the frame, which has swans, owls, and leaves carved into the edges. The artist added tiny details like the woman’s hand on the railing and the child’s book on the ground. These small moments make the scene feel real and lived-in. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this painting in person.
The watercolour depicts a group of figures gathered on a terrace overlooking a landscape, examining a painting together. Five artists are identified within the scene: George Fennel Robson likely painted the Thames landscape, John Masey Wright contributed the figures, Charles Wild handled the architectural details, George Barret created the landscape painting to the left, and Anne Frances Byrne painted the bouquet of flowers. The work is titled *Figures admiring a painting on the terrace at Richmond* and dated 1850.
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George Fennel Robson (1788–1833) was an artist, born in Durham.
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