Margate, Great Cloud by George Richmond (1853)

Watercolor sketch of a large billowing cumulus cloud over a dark low horizon, with blue sky and pale highlights.

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This watercolor and pencil sketch, titled Margate, Great Cloud, by George Richmond and dated 1853, shows a large billowing cumulus cloud rising above a low, dark horizon. Soft pinks, tans and grey-blue washes model the cloud's volume, with touches of white highlights, while a band of deeper blue sky appears above it. The inscription 'Margate 1853' is written in the lower left corner.

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1853

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Wikimedia Commons

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