Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Date1856
Artist
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
British artist, educationalist and women's rights activist, 1827–1891
MediumWatercolor and gouache on paper [with scratching out]
Dimensions28 3/4 × 43 × 3/4 in. (73 × 109.2 × 1.9 cm)
frame: 35 × 49 1/2 in. (88.9 × 125.7 cm)
frame: 35 × 49 1/2 in. (88.9 × 125.7 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 2016
Object number2016-25
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe nascent Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood was supported by John Ruskin, a leading art critic, who encouraged them to turn away from current artistic trends and instead to, “go to Nature.” William Michael Rossetti described this painting as, “full of real pre Raphaelitism” when it was exhibited at the 1856 exhibition of the Royal Academy.
