City Yard, Weybridge. Shepperton Church
1840
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1840
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
City Yard, Weybridge. Shepperton Church is a 1840 by Henry Cole, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a simple wooden bridge over a river, with a church in the distance. The lines are light and scratchy, like quick notes. Trees and bushes frame the scene, but they’re just rough shapes. The drawing feels unfinished, almost like a quick sketch someone jotted down. The artist signed it “City Yard, Weybridge” and dated it 1840. If you like this style, look up cross-hatching.
A pencil drawing from 1840 by Henry Cole depicts the city yard in Weybridge alongside Shepperton Church, signed with the artist's monogram and dated.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Henry Cole drew what he saw in mid-1800s Britain. Try his pencil sketch *From Window in Stamford Street, Blackfriars* (1828), a quiet city view over rooftops, or *From the Mill, Chilham* (1846), a riverside mill caught…
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