View of London from the fields below Hampstead
1780
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1780
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
View of London from the fields below Hampstead is a 1780 watercolor by Francis James Sarjent, a Rococo painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a quiet countryside scene with London in the distance. A few cows graze in the middle ground, and a small house sits near a cluster of trees. The sky is soft with light clouds, while the fields below are dotted with gentle hills. The artist used watercolor to keep the scene airy and dreamy. The focus is on the peaceful landscape, not the city itself. If you like this style, look up Romanticism next.
A watercolour by Francis James Sargent from around 1780 shows a distant view of London as seen from the fields below Hampstead.
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Francis James Sargent made quiet, careful watercolours of London and its edges in the late 1700s, when artists often walked out from the city to sketch fields and distant spires.
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