The Golden Valley, 1833-34
Watercolour; body colour, gum Arabic, gold paint with ‘scratching out’ over pencil
12.9 x 16 cms
5 1/8 x 6 1/4 ins
5 1/8 x 6 1/4 ins
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If chance the radiant sun with farewell sweet
Extend his evening beam, the fields revive,
The birds their notes renew, and beating herds
Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings
John Milton, Paradise Lost
If chance the radiant sun with farewell sweet
Extend his evening beam, the fields revive,
The birds their notes renew, and beating herds
Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings
John Milton, Paradise Lost
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