Landscape: Trees with gnarled trunks
Datenot dated
Artist
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
(British artist, educationalist and women's rights activist, 1827–1891)
MediumWatercolor and graphite on wove paper
Dimensions9 × 14 15/16 in. (22.9 × 37.9 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2017
Object number2017-29
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn this drawing, Barbara Bodichon has captured the gnarled trunks of the argan tree in a wadi, or ravine, a configuration that is typical of the Algerian landscape. The dryness of the desert climate is conveyed in the muted colors and bright patches of sunlight on the sandy soil in the foreground.
