Ruins of the Exhibition building of 1862
1864
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Ruins of the Exhibition building of 1862 is a 1864 by Henry Cole, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a crumbling stone building with a big arch in the middle. The walls are uneven, and vines climb over the ruins. In the foreground, a fence runs along the bottom, and a few small trees or bushes are drawn in. The artist labeled it *"Ruins of the Exhibition Building of 1862"*—so this was once a real structure. The lines are all made by tiny, overlapping strokes, giving it texture. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines like this.
