1825
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Slate Wharf on the Bank of a River is a 1825 watercolor by Paul Falconer Poole, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a quiet riverbank with a small, weathered boat resting on the shore. The water is calm, and in the distance, you can see a faint outline of hills. On the left, there’s a pile of flat, dark slabs—likely slate—stacked near the water’s edge. The artist used soft, watery colors and loose brushstrokes to capture the scene. The focus is on the stillness of the landscape, with little detail in the background. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this painting in person.
A watercolour depicts a slate wharf situated along the bank of a river.
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Paul Falconer Poole (1807–1879) was a British subject and genre painter. Though self-taught, his fine feeling for colour, poetic sympathy, and dramatic power gained Poole a high position among British artists.
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