1825
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France. Franche Comté: Abbaye de Baume, Baume-les-Messieurs is a 1825 by James Duffield Harding, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing shows a quiet village nestled in a valley, with a river cutting through the foreground. Wooden houses with sloped roofs sit near a stone bridge, while a tall church steeple rises in the background. The mountains behind are softly sketched, giving a peaceful, dreamy feel. The title at the bottom names it *Abbaye de Baume*, likely showing a monastery in France. The artist used light and shadow to make the scene feel cozy and distant at once. Look up Romanticism to see how artists used emotion and nature in their work.
James Duffield Harding (1798 – 4 December 1863) was a British landscape painter, lithographer and author of drawing manuals. His use of tinted papers and opaque paints in watercolour proved influential.
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