Emmaus
1825
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1825
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Emmaus is a 1825 watercolor by Mary Parker, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a quiet hillside scene with old stone ruins and a small river. A tall tower with a pointed roof stands near a domed building, while sheep graze in the foreground. The mountains in the background glow with soft pink and purple light, and the sky is pale blue. The artist used gentle watercolors to show light fading over the landscape. The ruins look weathered, but the tower and dome add a sense of history. Look up Romanticism next to see how artists used nature and emotion in their work.
The artwork *Emmaus* is a watercolour drawing by Mary (Lady Leighton) Parker, created in 1825. It is suggested that the artist may have accompanied her brother on a journey to Palestine prior to her marriage, providing potential context for the subject matter. The piece entered the collection through a purchase from Alister Mathews of Bournemouth in November 1961 for £3 and 5 shillings.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Mary Parker painted quiet watercolours of biblical sites in the 1820s. Her sheets show Carmel’s cliffs, the road to Emmaus, Sinai’s slopes, the river Jordan, and Bethlehem’s rooftops—all done in soft washes of color.…
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