The Cliffs, Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, the Point at Which the Shore-e

A watercolor of a steep, grassy cliff falling to a rocky shore, where a crowd of figures in dark and light clothing gathers near the water. Small boats sit in the bay at left, and a column of smoke rises from the headland. Loose washes and touches of gouache give the sunlit hillside a hazy, open feel.

Look closer: A red flag flies on the right slope, and a signature with date appears in the lower right corner.

Artist

Robert Charles Dudley

Date

1865

Medium

Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3641 × 2578 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Cyrus W. Field, 1892