The Pond at William Morris's Works at Merton
1884
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1884
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Pond at William Morris's Works at Merton is a 1884 watercolor by Lexden Lewis Pocock, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a quiet pond with a woman feeding ducks from a small boat. Behind her, a row of wooden houses with red roofs sits along a tree-lined path. The water reflects the greenery and sky, and the brushstrokes are soft and blurred, like a quick sketch. The artist focused on everyday life, not grand scenes. The loose, watery style suggests they were capturing light and movement fast. Look up Impressionism next to see how this fits into that movement.
The work is a watercolour titled *The Pond at William Morris's Works at Merton*, signed by Lexden Lewis Pocock in 1884.
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Lexden Lewis Pocock was a British watercolor artist active in the late 1800s. Two of his works here are *The Botanist* from 1912 and *The Pond at William Morris's Works at Merton*, made around the 1880s. Both show…
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