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“Corfe Castle” Dorset

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.10
Description
A pencil drawing showing a castle on a hilltop in the upper centre portion of the image. At the base of the hill there is a village. A streeet extends from the bottom of the hill as if the viewer is looking down it. There are buildings at the bottom of it and buildings line it. A horse and cart…
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
“Corfe Castle” Dorset
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Description
A pencil drawing showing a castle on a hilltop in the upper centre portion of the image. At the base of the hill there is a village. A streeet extends from the bottom of the hill as if the viewer is looking down it. There are buildings at the bottom of it and buildings line it. A horse and cart and people are on the street. The drawing looks as if it is a sketch.
Subject
landscape
urban
architecture
castle
Corfe Castle
England
Dorset
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.10
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