Walking Through the Fields

Prints and Drawings

July 25, 1868

John Linnell
English, 1792-1882

Best known for his association with William Blake and Samuel Palmer (who was his son-in-law), John Linnell gained recognition of his own as a painter of landscapes and biblical subjects. After a move to Surrey in 1847, Linnell explored these genres while adhering strictly to the principle of direct observation of nature. A note attached to this drawing indicates that it was made on a walk from one town to another on July 25, 1868. Linell used areas of blank paper to dramatic effect, and the placement on the page of his summary sketch emphasizes the sense that the artist drew this wooded hill from a distant walking path.

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Artist: John Linnell
Title: Walking Through the Fields
Place: England (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1868
Medium: Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on green-gray wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper
Inscriptions: Inscribed recto, on secondary support, lower left, in graphite: "Walking from Inefrew [?] through fields to Lhantrust [?] / afternoon–25 July/68.”; lower right corner in graphite: "3 [encircled]; 30268 HL; 13"
Dimensions: 18.9 × 26.7 cm (7 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 2013.973
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Art Institute of Chicago, “Drawn to Form: Modern Drawing,” June 11- Sept. 7, 1999, checklist 29.
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings for the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection”, March 15 - June 15, 2014, no. cat.

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